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.
- 2
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.
- 3
The Grand Lord
Single-player alternative to Parallel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Parallel.
Thrust into power unwillingly, how would you rule? Travel through your kingdom full of idiots, hot heads, and crazies, and unite them all. Or, tell them all to go to hell. The choice is yours. Rule your way as you try to become the Grand Lord.
- 4
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!
- 5
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!
- 7
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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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.
- 9
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.
- 10
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
- 11
Just Madness: Earth Apocalypse 1979
Single-player alternative to Parallel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Parallel.
The world ended. The madness began. As Max, survive a brutal, radioactive wasteland to save your kidnapped daughter from a ruthless gang. Fight radiation, explore a dangerous open world in 1st/3rd person, and make choices that shape your destiny in this dark RPG survival.