Single-player games like Buddy Simulator 1984
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Buddy Simulator 1984, 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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Castle of Terror
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Buddy Simulator 1984.
In this classic graphical text adventure, originally released in 1985 for the Commodore 64 by the same studio that brought you The Hobbit, explore an adventure in the world of Count Dracula.
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告死天使招魂令 Death Angel Requiem
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Buddy Simulator 1984.
Your story begins to kill people after you "die". The genius and notorious creator "Gasai Kanju" met her social demise. Six years later, the investigator "Igarashi" was entrusted by the police to step into the scene of the murder. She investigated the bizarre crime scene, to identified the culprit.
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Stories Untold
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Buddy Simulator 1984.
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
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At Home Alone
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Buddy Simulator 1984.
This is a recreational healing Mini-plot game explored at home. Players will play and wander around the house from the perspective of a little girl. What will she do when she is alone? What strange stories will happen in the process, and in the process of exploration, you may find some strange secrets....
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Eyes Of Memes
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Buddy Simulator 1984.
Explore the level and find the eight pictures before the monster finds you.
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The Sweet Spot
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Buddy Simulator 1984.
The Sweet Spot is a cozy horror game where you work the last shift at an 80s ice cream shop. Make ice cream, serve customers and watch out for strange things.
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PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Buddy Simulator 1984.
How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.
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Choose Your Own Alternative
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Buddy Simulator 1984.
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. You have 30 days to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Buddy Simulator 1984.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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Pony Island
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buddy Simulator 1984.
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
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OneShot
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Buddy Simulator 1984.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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The Hex
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buddy Simulator 1984.
In a creaky old tavern, in a forgotten corner of the video-game universe, a storm is raging. An anonymous caller suggests that there is a murder plot. Six video game protagonists are the only plausible suspects...
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DELTARUNE
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Buddy Simulator 1984.
Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!
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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Buddy Simulator 1984.
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.
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KinitoPET
Single-player alternative to Buddy Simulator 1984 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Buddy Simulator 1984.
KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!