Single-player games like TOKYO CHRONOS
Below are 18 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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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?
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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?
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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!
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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.
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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.
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Pitstop in Purgatory
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with TOKYO CHRONOS.
Astrid wakes up in Purgatory and has to make peace with her death. Only problem is... she doesn't remember anything! Point and click your way through adventure-based gameplay mixed with visual novel storytelling, and solve the mystery of our heroine's untimely demise.
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Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on the high seas. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.
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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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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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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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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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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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Danganronpa 2x2
Single-player alternative to TOKYO CHRONOS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TOKYO CHRONOS.
While on a school trip to Jabberwock Island, students are ensnared in Monokuma’s deadly game, forced into mutual killing and Class Trials to expose the culprit. Break through contradictions with high-speed detective action. Includes both a brand-new scenario and the enhanced original!
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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!