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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 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2021Adventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BEAST CRIMES — Steam game cover

    BEAST CRIMES

    Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.

    Crimes across the times. Are you able to solve them all?

    2022IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Death by Begonia — Steam game cover

    Death by Begonia

    Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Death by Begonia is a surreal LGBTQ+ Southern gothic murder mystery. Follow Riley's attempts to reconnect with old childhood friends in a town haunted by annual serial murders. Will you fall in love and unlock the mysteries hidden in your friends' hearts? Or will you die trying?

    2022IndieCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kiss/OFF — Steam game cover

    Kiss/OFF

    Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with TOKYO CHRONOS.

    Kiss/OFF is an action-packed visual novel game about a bizarre intergalactic dating show. Pick your partner and compete in front of a live studio audience to have the Best Kiss by the end of three dates. The cost of failure? DEATH. Ready, set, smooch!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Everlasting Snooze — Steam game cover

    Everlasting Snooze

    Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.

    You lost your memory of nothing but a mundane day. But why do mysterious men keep jamming into your life, all of them pointing to the day you forgot? Find out a hypnotherapy clinic receptionist's memory of an insignificant day in this BL visual novel.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Greed and Fear and the Rest — Steam game cover

    Greed and Fear and the Rest

    Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.

    You are ready to say goodbye to life, but are you prepared to face your life's truth? Navigate a grad student's life between greed and fear in his final 6 hours (and beyond) in this BL visual novel.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Solar Echoes: The Star Legation — Steam game cover

    Solar Echoes: The Star Legation

    Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.

    Solar Echoes: The Star Legation is a choice-driven cinematic Sci-Fi Visual Novel game with RPG elements. Journey through space to gather and manage an alien crew, visit new worlds, negotiate with alien leaders, and even risk romance across the stars!

    2022IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Reanimation Scheme — Steam game cover

    Reanimation Scheme

    Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with TOKYO CHRONOS.

    An otome game and romance visual novel. Step into the shoes of the necromancer, Raenelle. Meet a colorful cast of characters, fail to summon the spirits of the dead, unravel mysteries, and maybe — just maybe — fall in love.

    IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STEINS;GATE — Steam game cover

    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.

    2016Adventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs — Steam game cover

    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.

    2016Adventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole — Steam game cover

    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".

    2017AdventureCasual17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Muv-Luv Alternative — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018AdventureCasual39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139... — Steam game cover

    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.

    2021ActionAdventureRPG23.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Innocent Forest: The Bird of Light — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018AdventureSimulationCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Innocent Forest 2: The Bed in the Sky — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018AdventureSimulationCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DYSCHRONIA: Chronos Alternate - Dual Edition — Steam game cover

    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.

    2024ActionAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Exit 8 VR — Steam game cover

    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!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →