Single-player games like Howdy, Jacob!
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Howdy, Jacob!, 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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Not For Broadcast
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howdy, Jacob!.
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
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Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howdy, Jacob!.
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
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Kindergarten 3
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howdy, Jacob!.
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
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Lost and Found Co.
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howdy, Jacob!.
Lost and Found Co. is a hidden object adventure in a cozy and immersive world. Join a cast of lively characters on their epic journey across countless magical locations. Find lost items, solve puzzles, and help a tiny dragon regain her power!
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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
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Slayaway Camp
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howdy, Jacob!.
A killer puzzle game where you control Skullface, a psycho slasher bent on slaughtering camp counselors at the title campground. Slide an adorable voxel murderer around hundreds of isometric puzzle levels to squash, flay, and decapitate hapless victims in this darkly comic homage to 80s horror.
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Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howdy, Jacob!.
Once upon a time, the Grim Reaper chose the wrong door. Angelo – a young lazy bum-a-holic, oh sorry - a blogger, powered only by his blogging skills, must turn on “point-n-click adventure” mode, go around the inferno, meet the locals, and somehow get back home. Enjoy Hell! We made it just for you.
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My Friendly Neighborhood
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howdy, Jacob!.
Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.