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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At Once, My Lord!
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howdy, Jacob!.
The battle of Kor’Vhar is over. The heroes are gone, at least the ones who made it. Now someone has to clean up the mess... Guess who. Collect over 10,000 remains, toss them into the dimensional recycling container, earn Lord Shellborn’s respect, and maybe he’ll reveal himself.
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The Sink Gods
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howdy, Jacob!.
The Sink Gods is a modern adventure game. You play a poor villager who lives in the Sink Valley. When you are evicted from your home, you realise your only hope is the Sink Gods of the Great Basin. Journey to each of their temples, and pass their test to gain revenge for what you have lost.
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Wall
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howdy, Jacob!.
A short narrative adventure about friendship, loneliness, and staring at surfaces for meaning. Join your personal upright companion through an exploration into what it means to be Human, and what it means to be Wall.
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Code Brown: A Game About Pooping
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howdy, Jacob!.
Warning! Code Brown! Somebody wants to crap but the only one toilet room is closed! Wait, what is it?.. Fine, that pan with a fresh soup will be acceptable.
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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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The Baby In Yellow
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howdy, Jacob!.
You've got a new babysitting job, and things are taking a turn for the weird. Feed him, read him a bedtime story, and try not to fall into his dreams. How long can you stay in control?
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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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Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
Single-player alternative to Howdy, Jacob! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howdy, Jacob!.
Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.