Single-player games like Dead Wishes
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Wishes, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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How To Date A Magical Girl!
Single-player alternative to Dead Wishes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Wishes.
You're invited to the elite academy for magical girls! Will you take the opportunity to make new friends? Learn magic? Or... Will you try to date a cute magical girl?
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Seduce Me 2: The Demon War
Single-player alternative to Dead Wishes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dead Wishes.
Seduce Me 2: The Demon War is the sequel to the popular free-to-play otome game, Seduce Me the Otome. It follows the story of Mika Anderson as she is suddenly thrown into the Abyssal Plains right before she is about to be married to one of the five Incubi Brothers featured in the first game.
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Roommates
Single-player alternative to Dead Wishes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dead Wishes.
Join Max or Anne in Latin House for their first college year! They'll juggle classes, jobs, and social life with four dorm mates, potentially sparking some extracurricular fun. As Anne you can romance Max, Isabella, Dominic and Rakesh. As Max, romance Anne, Isabella, Sally and Rakesh.
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Animal Lover
Single-player alternative to Dead Wishes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dead Wishes.
Evil forces have turned these five hunky beefcake time-displaced boys into animals! You've got to help cure them and maybe even fall in love! Mystery! Intrigue! Romance! No furries, despite the title! A dating sim by Wilson Taylor, Maia Gross and Travis Tohill.
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Blush Blush
Single-player alternative to Dead Wishes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dead Wishes.
You are responsible somehow for a curse that befalls 12 unfortunate hawt dudes. Now you have to find them and break the curse with your love!!
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sweet pool
Single-player alternative to Dead Wishes — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
As madness and horror devour his world, can Youji find hope amid the nightmare? Experience a bond deeper and darker than love in this unforgettable visual novel.
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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
Single-player alternative to Dead Wishes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Wishes.
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
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Nameless ~The one thing you must recall~
Single-player alternative to Dead Wishes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Wishes.
Nameless ~The one thing you must recall~ is a visual novel game designed for female audiences. It was distributed by the publisher, Cheritz, in English, Korean, and Japanese on Nov. 11th, 2013 and now it is available on Steam.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Single-player alternative to Dead Wishes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Wishes.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.