Single-player games like Before I Forget
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Before I Forget, 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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As Long As You're Here
Single-player alternative to Before I Forget — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Before I Forget.
What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as her past bleeds into the present.
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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to Before I Forget — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Before I Forget.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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What Comes After
Single-player alternative to Before I Forget — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Before I Forget.
What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back.
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EDENGATE: The Edge of Life
Single-player alternative to Before I Forget — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Before I Forget.
Mia Lorenson, wakes up in an abandoned hospital full of questions. What happened to her? What happened to the world? Edengate: The Edge of Life is an interactive experience reflecting on feelings of uncertainty, isolation and hope in the face of devastation.
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Sea of Solitude
Single-player alternative to Before I Forget — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Before I Forget.
When humans get too lonely, they turn into monsters… Set sail across a beautiful and evolving world of darkness and light, and discover what it means to be human.
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Dear Esther
Single-player alternative to Before I Forget — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Before I Forget.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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The Berlin Apartment
Single-player alternative to Before I Forget — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Before I Forget.
One apartment, many stories: Witness turning points in the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment in Berlin over the course of a whole century.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Before I Forget — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Before I Forget.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Before I Forget — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Before I Forget.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.