Single-player games like Pesterquest
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Pesterquest, 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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Hiveswap Friendsim
Single-player alternative to Pesterquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pesterquest.
You’ve crash landed on a dangerous alien planet with no food, medicine, or prospects, but you do know one thing—you are absolutely desperate for friendship.
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The Hayseed Knight
Single-player alternative to Pesterquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pesterquest.
Come hear the tale of Ader, or how a poor one-eyed farm boy who's got nothing left to eat but his dreams, accidentally becomes the greatest knight in the kingdom this fully voice-acted and animated picaresque visual novel!
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Kraken Academy!!
Single-player alternative to Pesterquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pesterquest.
Make friends, free spirits and make sure that the world doesn’t end! Welcome to Kraken Academy, a technicolor fever dream that for legal reasons can only be described as "technically a school." Join forces with a magical kraken to save the world!
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Monster Prom 4: Monster Con
Single-player alternative to Pesterquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pesterquest.
Can you find love at the nerdiest convention ever? "Monster Con" goes back to the multiplayer dating sim formula: go through absurd and funny situations as you find love among six sexy monsters! Who will you romance? The mimic who cosplays? The idol clown? Or the eldritch cutie? (There's also Liam)
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After I met that catgirl, my questlist got too long!
Single-player alternative to Pesterquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pesterquest.
Find love and establish your adventurers' guild in this yuri RPG / visual novel hybrid!
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A Tithe in Blood
Single-player alternative to Pesterquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pesterquest.
A dark yuri visual novel about a quiet university student who discovers blood magic in the depths of her grief. Stepping into a world she little understands, Honoka finds unexpected love, and inadvertently sets in motion a deadly series of events.
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Arcade Spirits
Single-player alternative to Pesterquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pesterquest.
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
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Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain
Single-player alternative to Pesterquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pesterquest.
A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.
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HIVESWAP: ACT 1
Single-player alternative to Pesterquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pesterquest.
A hand-drawn tribute to hilarious '90s adventure games (with none of the accompanying frustration). Play as Joey Claire, a puzzle-solving teen snatched out of her time (1994) and place (Earth) and stranded on a hostile alien planet on the brink of rebellion.
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HIVESWAP: ACT 2
Single-player alternative to Pesterquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pesterquest.
Continue Joey and Xefros’s adventure through the dark and dangerous planet Alternia. Meet dozens of unique and memorable characters, some more helpful than others, as you navigate this volatile alien culture. Hurry up! There’s a train to catch.