Single-player games like Gloom and Doom
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Gloom and Doom, 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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Five Biggest Accomplishments
Single-player alternative to Gloom and Doom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Gloom and Doom.
Five Biggest Accomplishments is a short Visual Novel where you play as someone who has held the same job for 30 years: push a button every 8 hours or the world will end. Suddenly, you get an email asking you to list your five biggest accomplishments for the week, or risk being fired.
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Cut to the Core
Single-player alternative to Gloom and Doom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gloom and Doom.
How much of someone can you cut away before there's nothing left? Find out in this chilling kinetic visual novel - IF YOU DARE!
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5omeday
Single-player alternative to Gloom and Doom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gloom and Doom.
You have been assigned to guard a dragon girl set to be executed at the end of 5 days and have the ability to kill her instantly at any time with the push of a button in this multi-ending visual novel.
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Gloom and Doom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gloom and Doom.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Fledgling Manor
Single-player alternative to Gloom and Doom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gloom and Doom.
A supernatural horror visual novel where vampires compete to save their eternal unlives in a high-stakes reality show.
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Suhoshin
Single-player alternative to Gloom and Doom — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
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BURIED STARS
Single-player alternative to Gloom and Doom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Gloom and Doom.
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
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Astrologaster
Single-player alternative to Gloom and Doom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gloom and Doom.
Astrologaster is a comedy game set in Shakespeare’s London. Play as 'Doctor' Simon Forman and treat his patients using astrology. A story-driven adventure based on a truly ridiculous story.