No internet connection, no problem. These offline games offer players the chance to explore a completely new world in a variety of genres.

No internet connection, no problem. These offline games offer players the chance to explore a completely new world in a variety of genres.

  • @JackSkellington
    15•9 months ago

    The best offline games on PC are:

    • Slay the Spire
    • Return to Monkey Island
    • Vampire Survivors
    • Elden Ring
    • Hitman 3
    • Monster Hunter Rise
    • Baldur’s Gate 3
    • The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
    • Crusader Kings 3
    • Disco Elysium
    • Psychonauts 2
    • Red Dead Redemption 2
    • Tales of Arise

    Saved you a click

    • Juja
      5•9 months ago

      I thought rdr2 requires a constant internet connection even for single player ? Is that not the case ?

      • ampersandrew
        2•9 months ago

        So, this is frustrating, but Steam does surface this stuff in the Steam Deck Compatibility info section. I wish they would make this more plainly visible so that I can avoid buying games that do stupid stuff, but perhaps it’s in their best interest to bury it like they do. If you go to RDR2’s Steam Deck info, it says it only requires an internet connection during first-time setup. So, it can be played offline. You just need to run it online the first time.

        • Juja
          1•9 months ago

          Ah got it … I recently bought it on steam and after launching it asked me to create a new “rockstar social” account … I immediately refunded it… as someone who recently jumped into pc gaming after being console only for ages , this seemed weird and I don’t know, maybe something to do with the word “social” in the name of the account threw me off I guess … I wrongly assumed it would be always online even for single player … anyway I don’t feel like buying it now … maybe when there’s another sale.

    • ampersandrew
      4•9 months ago

      And some of them are strange picks regardless. Yes, you can play Elden Ring offline, and it’s great in single player, but it’s also got a great multiplayer mode that it simultaneously A) does not allow you to play via LAN, and B) simulates in some places via NPCs for the inevitable day that the servers aren’t running. Hitman 3 locks all of the unlocks and replay value behind an arbitrary online requirement. Red Dead Redemption 2’s main appeal is likely the story mode that you can play offline, but it has a substantial live service component.

      EDIT: Also, I’m not a Monster Hunter fan, but I would imagine most of them prefer the game in online multiplayer, and there is no offline multiplayer option.