Single-player games like The Psychiatrist: Major Depression
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Psychiatrist: Major Depression, 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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The Tenth Minute
Single-player alternative to The Psychiatrist: Major Depression — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Psychiatrist: Major Depression.
The Tenth Minute is a short narrative game told through chat and novel-style reading. Revisit a school-day memory shaped by unspoken feelings, misaligned memories, and belated understanding between three people. A youthful story with light psychological mystery, complete in around 2 hours.
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Depression Quest
Single-player alternative to The Psychiatrist: Major Depression — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Psychiatrist: Major Depression.
Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment.
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Insomnia Club
Single-player alternative to The Psychiatrist: Major Depression — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Psychiatrist: Major Depression.
Insomnia Club is a dark, grounded emotional visual novel about early-adult confusion, social issues, intimacy, and self-identity. You play as a long-term insomniac employee whose life gradually slips out of control as reality tightens around you.
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片腕のザリガニ - one-armed crayfish
Single-player alternative to The Psychiatrist: Major Depression — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Psychiatrist: Major Depression.
“Going against the grain is just another form of rebellion.” That's what high school student Yuta Nozaki believes, living by the principle of following the trend. Through his classmate Misaki Miyoshi, who constantly goes against the grain, Yuta begins to confront his true feelings.
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Anxiety Puppy
Single-player alternative to The Psychiatrist: Major Depression — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Psychiatrist: Major Depression.
Anxiety Puppy is a 2D interactive narrative game that focuses on anxiety. In the game, anxiety is personified as a little puppy. Players will explore its story and try to coexist with it. Go find its traces and give it a hug.
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We should talk.
Single-player alternative to The Psychiatrist: Major Depression — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Psychiatrist: Major Depression.
It's not what you say, it's how you say it. We should talk is a short-form narrative game that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. Can your relationship survive the night?
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The Merchant Memoirs
Single-player alternative to The Psychiatrist: Major Depression — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Psychiatrist: Major Depression.
What if you had a second chance at life? That's what happened to Engel Marx, a failed merchant who is killed in his previous life and now through the screw-up of his Guardian Angel, he now is in youth again! How will doing something just a bit differently drastically alter his life?
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Cage of Roses
Single-player alternative to The Psychiatrist: Major Depression — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Psychiatrist: Major Depression.
A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she’s swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.
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Tales of Ancient Nights
Single-player alternative to The Psychiatrist: Major Depression — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Psychiatrist: Major Depression.
A short journey to the tragic stories of ancient greek gods and goddesses. It is time to learn about Greek Mythology with a beautiful storyline in this visual novel.
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Life of a Capitalist
Single-player alternative to The Psychiatrist: Major Depression — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Psychiatrist: Major Depression.
This is a minimalist game with economy theme. You play as a capitalist investing in promising initiatives to prosper. You should examine and decide on different investment opportunities for each turn.