Single-player games like ChildStory
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to ChildStory, 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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地獄廚房RPG
Single-player alternative to ChildStory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
地獄廚房rpg是一個小品的獨立製作遊戲， 玩家會在此體驗主角小樂在地獄廚房裡的冒險， 快來體驗在地獄廚房rpg的冒險吧!
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Spaceman Memories
Single-player alternative to ChildStory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
Spaceman Memories is a retro JRPG built by one person who loves old stories. Set in a retro-futuristic Japan haunted by ancient folklore, play as Ichiro-94, an astronaut who wakes from hypersleep to piece together the remnants of a forgotten past full of wonder, nostalgia, and strange spirits.
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유어 블라이트
Single-player alternative to ChildStory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with ChildStory.
'Your Blight' is a turn-based dark fantasy RPG that survives in a city sealed off by the appearance of a vampire. Survive for a limited time of 21 days. Explore the city. Meet the survivors. And uncover the secrets surrounding you and the world.
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The Nameless: Slay Dragon
Single-player alternative to ChildStory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
The Nameless: Slay Dragon is like a mix of CRPG and JRPG. In short - how to slay the immensely powerful and cunning evil dragon? You will play as a young man having a bloody feud with a dragon, and face powerful, sinister and tricky enemies with friends....
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Tales of Sirius
Single-player alternative to ChildStory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
《天狼星奇谭》是一款像素风格的轻解谜冒险RPG。玩家在游戏中将扮演普通高中生七叶，因一通神秘的匿名电话而起，由此踏上了寻找自己神秘失踪姐姐的冒险之旅。在游戏中七叶将与自己社团“神研部”的小伙伴们一起穿梭在城市之中，解开谜题，进行战斗，与各方势力周旋，逐渐探寻事情的真相。
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Word Game
Single-player alternative to ChildStory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!
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Athenian Rhapsody
Single-player alternative to ChildStory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
Forge your own story and explore the world of Athens in Athenian Rhapsody, a souls-like platonic dating simulator with cooking-mama and WarioWare style battle mechanics... and by that I mean it's a choose-your-own-adventure action RPG with the ability to trade ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGHS between friends!!
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Shadows Over Loathing
Single-player alternative to ChildStory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
Shadows over Loathing — a slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries.
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to ChildStory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with ChildStory.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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OneShot
Single-player alternative to ChildStory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ChildStory.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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DELTARUNE
Single-player alternative to ChildStory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with ChildStory.
Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!