Single-player games like CATharsis
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to CATharsis, 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
- 1
How to Take Off Your Mask Remastered
Single-player alternative to CATharsis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
The cute fantasy visual novel, "How to Take Off Your Mask" returns as a remastered version. One day, Lilia wakes up as a girl with cat ears and a tail! How could this happen, and how will her love story with her childhood friend, Ronan, unfold?
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私のリアルは充実しすぎている フルボイス版
Single-player alternative to CATharsis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
顔良し、頭良し、性格良し。 完全無欠のリア充女子が送るドタバタラブコメディ！（たぶん）
- 3
Pre-Odyssey: Love at First Quack
Single-player alternative to CATharsis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CATharsis.
She’s a princess beloved by ducks. He’s a notorious king of schemes. A romantic fragment from a 3000-year old EPIC, retold as an Otome visual novel… but with ducks somehow added to the mix.
- 4
Trapped with Jester
Single-player alternative to CATharsis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CATharsis.
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
- 5
栄養たっぷりの彼氏
Single-player alternative to CATharsis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
すごい！ あなたは名門スクワレルフィットネスクラブ、熱心なリスのためのクラブでプロトレーナーとして新しいポジションを始めました！楽しい障害がある中で、リスのメンバーをモチベートして指導し、愛を見つけるまでがんばってください。
- 6
Anicon - Animal Complex - Sheep's Path
Single-player alternative to CATharsis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
A romance, comedy, fantasy Visual Novel - filled with adventures, misadventures, adorable animals, brother conflicts, circus cleaning, collecting puzzle pieces, and more - all in one package!
- 7
狂愛イノセンス -The Broken Platonic-
Single-player alternative to CATharsis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CATharsis.
One day in midsummer, Iona got visited by her little sisters. The reunion is not an emotional one: the eldest brother, Riku, has stabbed their father. As she confronts her sisters, she realise that they remind her of Riku. This time, let's start a moral love.
- 8
Cinderella Phenomenon: Evermore
Single-player alternative to CATharsis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
What happens after Happily Ever After…?
- 9
Penguin's Dogma｜獄門ペンギン
Single-player alternative to CATharsis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
Penguin's Dogma｜ 獄門ペンギン Welcome to Penguin's Dogma, a silly, lowbrow stealth game.
- 10
春と修羅｜Haru to Shura
Single-player alternative to CATharsis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
Explore a mysterious world as the protagonist in this short adventure game with pixel graphics.
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CONET｜コネット
Single-player alternative to CATharsis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
"Conet" is an extremely simple one-on-one puzzle battle game of dots and boxes.
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Start a Startup with a Legendary Japanese Warlord
Single-player alternative to CATharsis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with CATharsis.
A short visual novel with quizzes to help you dip your toes into the world of startups.