Single-player games like The Chrono Jotter
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Chrono Jotter, 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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Return to Shironagasu Island
Single-player alternative to The Chrono Jotter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Chrono Jotter.
A mystery adventure game and visual novel set on solitary Shironagasu Island. Discover its secrets, solve its mysteries, and escape from the ominous island!
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to The Chrono Jotter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Chrono Jotter.
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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Rainswept
Single-player alternative to The Chrono Jotter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Chrono Jotter.
Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.
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Murder by Numbers
Single-player alternative to The Chrono Jotter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Chrono Jotter.
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
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Magical Girl Witch Trials
Single-player alternative to The Chrono Jotter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Chrono Jotter.
Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.
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CORPSE FACTORY
Single-player alternative to The Chrono Jotter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Chrono Jotter.
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
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Lay a Beauty to Rest: The Darkness Peach Blossom Spring
Single-player alternative to The Chrono Jotter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Chrono Jotter.
Love-suspense AVG with the theme of "The Peach Blossom Spring". The equinox flowers, bloom for one thousand years and wither for one thousand years. Eternal paradise. Do you choose to stay here, escape here, or bury everything here?
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MAMIYA
Single-player alternative to The Chrono Jotter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Chrono Jotter.
MAMIYA is a captivating, dark mystery visual novel in which a group of young men struggle against existential dread before the end of the world.
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Raining City: Millions Recollections
Single-player alternative to The Chrono Jotter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Chrono Jotter.
One night, Lyu Xuan woke up soaked in blood, a mysterious black hole in the palm of her hand, and millions pouring out of that hole, like an unstoppable fountain of wealth. Still in shock, She has to evade the monsters that rushed to her and her new riches. A strange story begins in a gloomy city…