Single-player games like Lurkers
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Lurkers, 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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Arcade Spirits
Single-player alternative to Lurkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lurkers.
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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VIDEOVERSE
Single-player alternative to Lurkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Lurkers.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to Lurkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Lurkers.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to Lurkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Lurkers.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
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The Hayseed Knight
Single-player alternative to Lurkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lurkers.
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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Heavy Rain
Single-player alternative to Lurkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
Single-player alternative to Lurkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lurkers.
Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
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Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain
Single-player alternative to Lurkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Lurkers.
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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My Burning Heart
Single-player alternative to Lurkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Lurkers.
My Burning Heart is an erotic Yaoi BL Visual Novel set in a 1001 Nights world.
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Chasing the Stars
Single-player alternative to Lurkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lurkers.
Chasing the Stars is a steampunk-ish multichoice BL Visual Novel. Tirs is a workaholic, determined young man with a dream: going to space. Will he achieve his goal while dealing with college life, the academic research community and its begrudged, and his awful love life?
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Night and Day
Single-player alternative to Lurkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Lurkers.
Night and Day is a BL dating sim Visual Novel about art, coming of age and jazz music.
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Exes Assault!!
Single-player alternative to Lurkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lurkers.
A BL Bara Romantic Comedy Visual Novel
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Jolly Roger
Single-player alternative to Lurkers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lurkers.
A short BL Visual Novel about romance and pirates.