Single-player games like Parallel
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Parallel, 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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The Adventures of Bluke Bifton: Chapter 1
Single-player alternative to Parallel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parallel.
The Adventures of Bluke Bifton is a hand-drawn, episodic adventure game set in a world of absolute absurdity. Ally (or make enemies) with a cast of strange characters, and make choices that determine your fate.
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Hardland
Single-player alternative to Parallel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Parallel.
In the year 1018, an adventurer from Samarkand drifts to Hardland. Solve a mystery by delving into the different sides of this fantasy world. Hardland is a bustling kingdom filled with secrets. A kingdom that wants you to listen.
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Karaski: What Goes Up...
Single-player alternative to Parallel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parallel.
An immersive sim-lite in a fictional historical setting. You are on the world's first airship about to crash down and have to find the culprit. Sneak around, break into cabins, interrogate passengers, find evidence - but be careful not to incriminate yourself!
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Road 96: Mile 0
Single-player alternative to Parallel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parallel.
The prequel to Road 96. Play Zoe and Kaito where it all started. Change their destinies!
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AI Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Parallel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Parallel.
An AI-powered text-based RPG like you've never played before. Write stories, interact with realistic characters, and experience virtually infinite worlds and genres. Escape to alternate universes where you direct the action and anything is possible!
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Road 96 🛣️
Single-player alternative to Parallel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parallel.
Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!
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Love Is All Around
Single-player alternative to Parallel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Parallel.
The player becomes Gu Yi, uses the first-person perspective to immerse himself in meeting six beauties, and embarks on a joyful and sweet love journey with them. Six girls that are charming, innocent, intelligent, wild, sexy, glamorous, who will go to the end with you is up to you to decide.
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Depanneur Nocturne
Single-player alternative to Parallel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Parallel.
A short exploration game about poking around a convenience store and finding a gift with the help of its owner. But sometimes the perfect gift finds you.
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Clown2Beat
Single-player alternative to Parallel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parallel.
You are selected to be part of a circus, open the doors and beat the Clowns, solving the challenges before the clock ends.
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Cyborg3003
Single-player alternative to Parallel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Parallel.
6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Cyborg, monsters and aliens. Free updates
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Max Madness
Single-player alternative to Parallel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Parallel.
Enter the world of Max Madness, a post-apocalyptic survival game with RPG and action elements. Navigate a treacherous open world, ravaged by nuclear devastation, where tension and terror lurk around every corner. Forge alliances, confront chaos, and make choices that shape your destiny.