Solo Rpgs reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 160 Reddit reviews across 5 subreddits and 19 posts to rank the best Solo Rpgs brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/Solo_Roleplaying, r/rpg, r/solorpgplay, r/AskGameMasters, r/CRPG. Top-rated brands include Ironsworn (4.8/5), Thousand Year Old Vampire (4.9/5), Scarlet Heroes (4.7/5).
Stats
Reviews160
Subreddits5
Posts19
Brands98
Products9
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#1
Ironsworn
4.8
(24)
"Iron sworn is free and is the “dnd” of solo gaming"
"Ironsworn is the GOAT."
"Yeah it’s probably the best value for money RPG out there for soloing."
"Ironsworn and Starforged get mentioned often because they have built in rules for solo."
"*Ironsworn* is my favorite for solo play!"
"Even if you are not fond of the game system or setting for Ironsworn, definitely take a look at Ironsworn for how to play solo."
"Ironsworn! It’s narrative focused, free, everything you need to do a game."
"Try Ironsworn. It's free and amazing."
"Ironsworn and Starforged are some of the most popular in solo RPG spaces."
"The pdf version is free from the official website."
#2
Thousand Year Old Vampire
4.9
(8)
"Not focused on dialogues at all, more like brief interactions, but Thousand Year Old Vampire is a game where you are a vampire who is losing your memories and that can lead to great moments between characters."
"Thousand Year Old Vampire is a game where you are a vampire who is losing your memories."
"I feel obligated to recommend my personal favorite. Thousand year old Vampire."
"1000 year old vampire is a gif one to."
"If you like to write, I'd suggest starting with a solo journaling game like Thousand Year Old Vampire"
"What about [Thousand Year Old Vampire]? A diary writing, choose your own adventure kinda game."
"Thousand Year Old Vampire is mostly about relationships and fading memories."
#3
Scarlet Heroes
4.7
(7)
"Has rules for one hero vs. the world."
"Great all by itself, but even better when you take its rules and play B/X or OSR content with it."
"It's a stand-alone game, that can be played solo, with small groups, and its solo rules are a great toolkit that can overlay with many other games."
"One of my faves. is Scarlet Heroes."
"Scarlet Heroes is very elegantly written and super familiar to anyone who knows the D&D basic stats/setup."
"Scarlet heroes is great. It should be adaptable to work with the Mecha hack."
"You may also want to consider Scarlet Heroes - old-school D&D modified for a single PC."
#4
Tricube Tales
4.4
(5)
"Easy to use, very flexible and at a very good price."
"It has Solo rules and a bunch of cool oracles."
"Tricube Tales is (Ive heard) a really solid free game for classic fantasy."
"For those of you who suggested TriCube Tales, I have a printed copy of the rulebook on order."
"All the options proposed are good, but I am going to add Tricube Tales."
#5
Cairn
4.3
(4)
"FREE games you can try include: Cairn"
"If you're looking for a very distilled OSR feel, no attack rolls, only rolls for damage."
"The first edition is only 24 pages and with the barrow delver you can play Solo easily."
"You can start with Cairn, if you are into fantasy RPG. It's free as far as I remember."
#6
Dragonbane
4.0
(4)
"Comes with solo rules."
"It has solo rules included as well."
"Dragonbane Starter Set enough! It comes with everything you need to play including solo rules."
#7
Everline
4.7
(3)
"I wanted to recommend "Everline" as a game that may fit what you're looking for."
"I'd like to recommend one of the best ways to start solo RPG is with the game Everline."
#8
Four Against Darkness
4.3
(3)
"*4 Against Darkness*"
"Toe dip? Four Against Darkness. That will get you used to how to set and adjudicate combat."
"MY FIRST solo RPG was [Four Against Darkness]."
#9
Forbidden Lands
4.0
(3)
"If you're looking for something with a setting baked in, then Forbidden Lands is pretty good."
"Has solo rules in the Book of Beasts expansion."
"Is great and has a lot of content without being too much."
#10
Mythic GME 2e
5.0
(2)
"For emulation, try the 2nd edition of Mythic Games Emulator."
"With Mythic GME 2e, you can basically use any rules of any game."
#11
Colostle
4.5
(2)
"Is excellent."
"Maybe Colostle, designed for solo play and leans towards lighthearted + straightforward to learn"
#12
Apothecaria
4.5
(2)
"Cozy Stardew Valley/Theme Hospital/Ghibli game."
"I play Apothecaria in a social way. I mean I always create some story around the patient."
#13
The Last Tea Shop
4.5
(2)
"The Last Tea Shop. Great game!"
"This one is two pages and can last a session of 30 min-2 hours."
#14
VISORPG
4.5
(2)
"Oooh, VISORPG indeed sounds like what I’m looking for indeed!"
"When you say you want something punchy and vibrant, it makes me think of VISORPG."
#15
Mörk Borg
4.0
(2)
"If the heavy metal music genre made RPGs."
#16
Iron Valley
4.0
(2)
"I recently pick up Iron Valley...it gives enough flexibility to go with mostly dialogue."
"Maybe Iron Valley?"
#17
Notorious
4.0
(2)
"I'd suggest something like Notorious to start out."
"Maybe Notorious fits what you are looking for."
#18
DriveThruRPG
4.0
(2)
"Tavern Brew is a solo game for less that a dollar."
"Pikerus Magical Bakery is PWYW."
#19
The One Ring
4.0
(2)
"The single player rules (Strider mode) for The One Ring are really good."
"The new edition of The One Ring is a LotR rpg that has a specifically solo mode called Strider mode."
#20
Heart Home
5.0
(1)
"A journaling game to help you build a cosy headspace"
#21
I Am
5.0
(1)
"A journaling game about who you are and what contributed to you being the person you are today."
#22
ViSoRpg Z+
5.0
(1)
"ViSoRpg Z+ has the best dialogue system I’ve seen to date."
#23
Altaris
5.0
(1)
"Altaris!"
#24
Advanced Fighting Fantasy
5.0
(1)
"Advanced Fighting Fantasy"
#25
Advanced Heroquest
5.0
(1)
"I've been having a blast with an old game from 70s called advanced heroquest."
#26
Perplexing Ruins
5.0
(1)
"May I suggest my free Solo Sheets! 2 sheets, double sided."
#27
itch.io
5.0
(1)
"There's currently a bundle of solo RPGs on itch.io to raise funds for suicide prevention."
#28
Night's Black Agents
5.0
(1)
"The Night's Black Agents solo ops game comes very highly recommended."
#29
Dream3 Solo
5.0
(1)
"I wrote a free solo role-playing game that is minimalist, requires no dice or materials."
#30
Black Oath Games
5.0
(1)
"All my games are solo first, so you could check them out!"
#31
roll/flip/draw
5.0
(1)
"I've really enjoyed Bear by roll/flip/draw."
#32
Wicked Ones
5.0
(1)
"Wicked Ones has a variant playstyle, Valiant Ones that is a great fantasy FitD (Forged in the Dark) game."
#33
Let It Roll II
5.0
(1)
"Great for solo play"
#34
Across a Thousand Dead Worlds
5.0
(1)
"It's not fantasy but it's really good. You could check out Across a thousand dead worlds."
#35
SAALT
5.0
(1)
"SAALT - The simplest ruleset of the World - LunchBox RPG | DriveThruRPG.com"
#36
Passage
5.0
(1)
"Passage - A Storytelling Exploration Game for Exactly One Player - Cloud Monster Press | DriveThruRPG.com"
#37
Starforged
5.0
(1)
"Designed to be GM-less."
#38
Pirate Borg
5.0
(1)
"This game is just perfect and there's a free official solo variant coming out."
#39
Heroes of Adventure
5.0
(1)
"Has a solo friendly system and it's all completely free to download."
#40
Rangers of Shadow Deep
5.0
(1)
"Best solo RPGs."
#41
Five Leagues from the Borderlands
5.0
(1)
#42
Five Parsecs from Home
5.0
(1)
"For Sci-Fi."
#43
The Magical Year of a Teenage Witch
5.0
(1)
"(or the nicer cousin, The Magical Year of a Teenage Witch) or Apothecaria."
#44
Mythic
5.0
(1)
"Mythic (plus Mythic Variations II) is fantastic for just running with anything free-form."
#45
Ancient Odysseys
5.0
(1)
"If you like exploring dungeons, Ancient Odysseys and Scarlet Heroes are two of the best."
#46
The Wandering Knight
5.0
(1)
"The Wandering Knight - Doppelgänger Publishing | DriveThruRPG.com"
#47
Fallout
5.0
(1)
"Fallout 1 is probably the best answer to OP's question. Fantastic game and companions arguably only make the gameplay more annoying thanks to their pathing issues."
#48
4 Against Darkness
5.0
(1)
"For a pure dungeon crawl, I think 4 Against Darkness is easy and fun for a first timer."
#49
Alone Among the Stars
5.0
(1)
"One of the shortest but one of the most popular solo games."
#50
Juice Oracle
4.0
(1)
"I recently got recommended Juice Oracle on itch.io. It is free and heavily inspired by mythic."
#51
Basic Fantasy
4.0
(1)
"Basic Fantasy is free to download and fairly easy to read on a phone or print out as b/w."
#52
Solitary Defilement
4.0
(1)
"Solitary Defilement itself is free on Itch."
#53
The Fantasy Trip
4.0
(1)
"I think The Fantasy Trip is your best bet."
#54
Savage Worlds
4.0
(1)
"I would recommend Savage Worlds. You can use it to easily run both low fantasy and mech genres."
#55
Alone Amongst the Court
4.0
(1)
"An interesting twist on Alone Among the Stars where the prompts are for interactions with people in a court intrigue setup."
#56
Microscope
4.0
(1)
"It's a great worldbuilding tool."
#57
The Spider and The City
4.0
(1)
"The Spider and The City. It's a fantasy French-revolution (a la Powdermage trilogy)."
#58
Strange Manor
4.0
(1)
"Strange Manor. A rambling house, inhabited by eccentric characters."
#59
Broken Cities
4.0
(1)
"Broken Cities. The City needs you to mend it, whilst you need to accomplish your goal."
#60
Inscrutable Cities
4.0
(1)
"Inscrutable Cities. Italy Calvino (invisible Cites) inspired, diceless meditation."
#61
Treacheries of the Troublesome Towns
4.0
(1)
"I would also recommend Treacheries of the Troublesome Towns - a supplement for Four Against Darkness."
#62
Bivius
4.0
(1)
"I recommend looking at Bivius."
#63
Ker Nethalas
4.0
(1)
"Ker nethalas Marching order (scripted dungeon layout means less mechanics are up to you)"
#64
Forgotten Waters
4.0
(1)
"I recently bought a game called Forgotten Waters."
#65
Tiny Dungeons
4.0
(1)
"While this game doesn't have an official solo mode, it works really well for solo play."
#66
Notorious and Outsiders
4.0
(1)
"Notorious and Outsiders give a nice and easy procedure to follow."
#67
Apawthecaria
4.0
(1)
"I like Apawthecaria and Delve."
#68
Death Knight's Squire
4.0
(1)
"If you like dnd 5e, Death Knight's Squire and the many sequels are very good."
#69
Origin Story
4.0
(1)
"One that I played a few years ago that came to mind is: Origin Story, a superhero themed journaling game."
#70
NoteQuest
4.0
(1)
"NoteQuest (free) and its expansion NoteQuest Expanded World ($2 USD) are great dungeon crawlers."
#71
Lasers & Feelings
4.0
(1)
"One page games are great - Lasers & Feelings, the 2400 suite of games."
#72
32%
4.0
(1)
"32% - 7 days to find parts for a communication device."
#73
Zap Forge
4.0
(1)
"F.O.R.G.E."
#74
Nerd Sirens
4.0
(1)
"Corny Gron is a really cool solo game. I've played it once and had a lot of fun."
#75
2D6 Dungeon
4.0
(1)
"2D6 Dungeon and Ker Nethalas are dope if you like dungeon crawls."
#76
FORGE
4.0
(1)
"[FORGE] and [Wylde Lands] are both OSR inspired games with Paragon Rules."
#77
The Last Teashop
4.0
(1)
"The last teashop (free short one)"
#78
The Broken Cask
4.0
(1)
"[The Broken Cask] solo inn keeping."
#79
Rune
4.0
(1)
"[Rune] - more like a CYOA with a heavy focus on rpg combat."
#80
CY//KORG
4.0
(1)
"I just found a great new game called CY//KORG it's a cyberpunk version of KORG."
#81
Roll for Shoes
4.0
(1)
"Https://rollforshoes.com/ is light, fun and incredibly versatile."
#82
Best Left Buried
4.0
(1)
"The zini edition is free. It's a bit like if Torchlight were rules lite."
#83
Adventurers! Revised
4.0
(1)
"It's another rules lite system that runs quite well solo."
#84
Tiny Dungeons 2e
4.0
(1)
"All the T."
#85
Osprey's Heirs to Heresy
4.0
(1)
"Has solo rules in the Faith & Fear expansion."
#86
The One Ring 2e
4.0
(1)
"Has a supplement called Strider Mode which is for Solo Play."
#87
BFRPG
4.0
(1)
#88
Ryuutama
4.0
(1)
#89
Old School Essentials
4.0
(1)
#90
OSRIC
4.0
(1)
#91
EZD6
4.0
(1)
#92
The Black Hack
4.0
(1)
#93
White Box
4.0
(1)
#94
Dark City Games
4.0
(1)
"These rules sets are really fun to solo with a GM Emulator."
#95
Usurper - Claim to Power
4.0
(1)
"Is great, lesser known RPG from Nordic Weasel."
#96
Outgunned
4.0
(1)
"Especially handy for solo RPers."
#97
Spiderweb Software
4.0
(1)
"Spiderweb Software's Games (some are single character, some are party)"
#98
Risus
4.0
(1)
"Free, six pages long if I recall correctly, handles any genre and has a decent companion book."
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