Single-player games like BOOK OF HOURS
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to BOOK OF HOURS, 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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Cultist Simulator
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with BOOK OF HOURS.
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
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First Age
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with BOOK OF HOURS.
A turn-based strategy card game set in the Neolithic Age. Sacrifice villagers, tame mammoths, and build powerful card synergies to lead your tribe through the threat of the Dark Ages. Will your people stand the test of time?
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Apprentice Ascending
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with BOOK OF HOURS.
Master forbidden magic. Dodge the rent. Survive the Tower. You are an apprentice wizard in a real-time card game brimming with terrible ideas. Pray for coin, study forbidden texts, and climb floor by floor before hunger and the Hunters close in. Seven fates await. Dare to earn the right one.
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Dance of Theseus
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with BOOK OF HOURS.
Dance of Theseus is a dress-up life sim set in the glamorous world of monster ballrooms. Craft new body parts, assemble yourself, and use dance moves to outshine everyone. Fit in. Stand out. Make friends. Fall in love. How many parts will you replace before finding your way back home?
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Take That Mainstage!
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with BOOK OF HOURS.
It's 1992 in Emerald City. The world screams for change. You made the leap, now fulfill your destiny and change the world. Build your band, write real music you perform, manage relationships, and reach the top of the charts. In this hybrid life sim, be the one to Take That Mainstage!
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Idlepunk - Ghost Link
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with BOOK OF HOURS.
Set in the cyberpunk corpo-state of NewHaven, IDLEPUNK is a story-driven idle management RPG. Recruit and equip a crew of operatives, take on contracts across a hostile city, build your reputation, and uncover the stories behind the people working for you.
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Chinese Newcomer
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with BOOK OF HOURS.
"Chinese Newcomer" blends deck-building with career simulation. Players choose one of three cards to collect, manage stamina. Use "Legacy Points" to grant Five-Elements talents to descendants, rectifying past regrets. Make choices along paths and embarking on a multi-generational journey.
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魔卡奇旅
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with BOOK OF HOURS.
搭建冒险小队，开启属于你们的奇妙旅途！
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Chants of Sennaar
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with BOOK OF HOURS.
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
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Citizen Sleeper
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with BOOK OF HOURS.
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
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Travelling At Night
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with BOOK OF HOURS.
CONJURE. CONFESS. DISAPPEAR. Be an exorcist, a stage magician, or - worse yet - a writer, in this globe-trotting choices-matter CRPG. In a very alternate 1940s Europe, choose sides; choose motives; choose your History.
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Your Chronicle
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with BOOK OF HOURS.
"Let's begin your own story." This is a text-based idle RPG game. There are already more than 3,000 unique story actions and it's still growing.
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Obsidian
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Venture into the surreal worlds of Obƨidian...if you dare. In Obƨidian, your life is in your hands, so tread carefully. Forget everything you know about existence and prepare to be flipped on your ear. Welcome to the unknown...
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Blue Prince
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with BOOK OF HOURS.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
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1000xRESIST
Single-player alternative to BOOK OF HOURS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with BOOK OF HOURS.
1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.