Single-player games like Curiosity
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Curiosity, 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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Touhou: Fading Illusion
Single-player alternative to Curiosity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Curiosity.
A visual novel based on Touhou Project, made by fans for fans and others! Embark on the investigation of the greatest incident in Gensokyo's history and discover the terrifying truth of the youkai world with Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Sakuya Izayoi and other heroines!
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1997
Single-player alternative to Curiosity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Curiosity.
Detective visual novel about mysteries of rural Russian town in 90-s, anime style.
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TR-49
Single-player alternative to Curiosity — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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The Sin
Single-player alternative to Curiosity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Curiosity.
The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair
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Freud's Bones-the game
Single-player alternative to Curiosity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Curiosity.
Infiltrate, rule and rescue the mind of the father of Psychoanalysis: Sigmund Freud, in this surreal and obscure adventure. Take control of his inner voice, choose his destiny, solve clinical cases, save or condemn your patients, all whilst trying to save Freud from himself.
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to Curiosity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Curiosity.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
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Ceiba
Single-player alternative to Curiosity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Curiosity.
Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl. Unfortunately, he is not the only one trying to make contact as from the abandoned and desolate alien ruins, the girl receives a message in human language.
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Sarawak
Single-player alternative to Curiosity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Curiosity.
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo