Single-player games like ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE, 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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STEINS;GATE
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE.
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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ROBOTICS;NOTES DaSH
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE.
Half a year after the events of ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE, Kaito Yashio is introduced to Itaru Hashida through Nae Tennouji. Unsettling incidents start occurring all around them, harbingers of an event that will again plunge the world into chaos.
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Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE.
Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.
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CHAOS;CHILD
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE.
From the creators of the critically acclaimed STEINS;GATE comes a sensational new visual novel: CHAOS;CHILD. Set in Shibuya in 2015, a group of high school students who survived an earthquake six years ago find themselves at the center of a new series of bizarre murders in the city.
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Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE.
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
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Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE.
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 Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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CHAOS;HEAD NOAH
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE.
CHAOS;HEAD NOAH is now available on Steam!
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STEINS;GATE 0
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE.
If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.
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Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds! Enjoy fast and frantic arcade-style beat 'em up gameplay with cute characters. Beat up hordes of weird enemies with awesome special attacks. Local co-op and PVP supported for up to 4 players!
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STEINS;GATE: My Darling's Embrace
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE.
Fall in love with the lab members all over again in this sweet and slapstick romantic comedy!
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STEINS;GATE ELITE
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE.
STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.
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STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram
Single-player alternative to ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE.
A story for every lab member. Discover a new side of each STEINS;GATE character and get a glimpse of their inner thoughts through 10 new stories.