Single-player games like TOKYO CHRONOS
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to TOKYO CHRONOS, 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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ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
A sci-fi adventure full of robot battles, pop music, and emotion. Featuring one of the largest branching storylines ever in a VR game with 15-20 hours of gameplay, Altdeus will place you in the shoes of Chloe, a pilot in humanity's forces fighting massive hostile organisms known as the Meteora.
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STEINS;GATE
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.
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The Chrono Jotter
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
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Angels with Scaly Wings™ / 鱗羽の天使
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with TOKYO CHRONOS.
You, the player, are an ambassador for Earth sent through a mysterious portal into the world of dragons. Explore a town full of secrets and the people who keep them in this compelling sci-fi visual novel with slice of life and dating sim elements.
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The Assembly
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.
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Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
Rescue squad captain Watase Kasasagi wakes up without his memories in the middle of his most critical mission yet-- a nuclear meltdown at a research facility. In an unfamiliar place and without his years of training, he must rescue the survivors and escape...
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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
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Paradise
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
Paradise is a Boys Love visual novel and tells the story of a group of men who go on holiday on a deserted island. When things begin to go wrong, they realize to their horror that they are stranded. Turns out that’s only the start of their problems.
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Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".
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Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
Umineko When They Cry is the 2nd series of Sound Novel released by 07th Expansion. The steam version features renewed character sprites which is swappable from the classic art.
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NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139...
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
The upgraded prequel of NieR:Automata. A kind young man sets out with Grimoire Weiss, a strange talking book, to search for the "Sealed verses" in order to save his sister Yonah, who fell terminally ill to the Black Scrawl.
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Replicant
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
Track down four rogue replicants in a narrative-driven cyberpunk adventure. Investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, uncover clues, solve classic point-and-click puzzles, and hack your way through a unique cyberpunk card game.
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Muv-Luv Alternative
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
Playtime's over. Time for despair. Experience the definitive version of a masterpiece in the Muv-Luv trilogy's thrilling conclusion. Note: therapy not included.
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Innocent Forest: The Bird of Light
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with TOKYO CHRONOS.
The “FullDive Novel”: Visual Novels meets Virtual Reality in this ultimate immersive reading experience.
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Innocent Forest 2: The Bed in the Sky
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with TOKYO CHRONOS.
The “FullDive Novel”: Visual Novels meets Virtual Reality in this ultimate immersive reading experience. With character dialogue voiced by high-profile voice actors, and illustrated pages turning into 360-degree VR animated scenes, you will be absorbed in the story, and feel as one with the protagonist.
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DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate - Dual Edition
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
Solve an impossible murder case in the far-flung future in this VR & Non-VR investigation action adventure! Multi-awarded title DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate - Dual Edition contains all three episodes from the acclaimed trilogy.
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The Exit 8 VR
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with TOKYO CHRONOS.
The popular indie game “The Exit 8” is reborn and brought to virtual life as “The Exit 8 VR”! Experience the eerie and thrilling atmosphere of Japan's underground passageways, now with new anomalies!