Single-player games like Fading Afternoon
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Fading Afternoon, 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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The friends of Ringo Ishikawa
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fading Afternoon.
A highschool gang leader Ringo Ishikawa trying to live through his last autumn before graduation. With his best friends.
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Hood Story: Kaito Yamazaki
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fading Afternoon.
Discover the thrilling life of « Kaito Yamazaki », a young Japanese delinquent from Osaka. Face love, friendship, and violence in your quest to help Kaito regain control of his life.
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Creepy Creepy Love
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fading Afternoon.
Rosa Akuma is in love with her childhood friend, Samon Ribasa. Rosa loves him so much that she is ready to defend her love with her fists, challenging all her rivals to a brutal duel.
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Kung Fu Jesus
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fading Afternoon.
Corrupt governments starting fake pandemics, secret societies controlling the world from the shadows and AI trying to take over the world. You would think I'm talking about planet Earth, but no it's Kung Fu Jesus! Let's see how deep the rabbit hole goes.
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DNA: Episode 1
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fading Afternoon.
DNA 1 a hand drawn episodic game with anime story in each stage episode, created by only 1 Solo Developer. Play as Leo, a genetically modified with Extraterrestrial life Elite Nova Corp Troop, as he chooses to break free from being a Nova Corp pawn. Thus begins the epic universe story of DNA!
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Glaze Cup: Journey to the West
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fading Afternoon.
This is a side scrolling action Rougelike game set in the three realms of humans, demons, ghosts, and gods. It tells the story of Lao Sha and other characters from Journey to the West before they learn from the classics
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Eight Dragons
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fading Afternoon.
EIGHT DRAGONS is an old-school scrolling beat-'em-up for up to eight players! Can you defeat the criminal gangs ruling the city and stop MR BIG?
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The Legend of Tianding
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Fading Afternoon.
The Legend of Tianding is a sidescrolling action game about Liao Tianding, the legendary Taiwanese Folk Hero. Explore the dazzling streets of Colonial Japanese Taiwan in the early 20th century.
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Yakuza 0
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Fading Afternoon.
SEGA’s legendary Japanese series finally comes to PC. Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka as junior yakuza Kiryu and Majima. Take a front row seat to 1980s life in Japan in an experience unlike anything else in video gaming, with uncapped framerates and 4K resolutions. A legend is born.
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River City Ransom: Underground
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fading Afternoon.
Alex and Ryan must take to the streets to help a new crop of fighters. You'll earn money, unlock moves, and upgrade your skills in a sprawling city. This modern take on an old classic features over 500 unique street fighting moves, dozens of weapons, and fun online multiplayer modes.
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Arrest of a stone Buddha
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fading Afternoon.
Hitman is searching for an answer in France 70-s.
- 12
Shenmue I & II
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Fading Afternoon.
SEGA®’s most requested re-release of all time finally comes to a new generation. Shenmue delivers an epic story of revenge within a unique open world that is still unrivalled in depth and detail. Return to the epic saga that defined modern gaming. The saga begins…again.
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The Sims™ 4
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Fading Afternoon.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
- 14
Red Dead Redemption
Single-player alternative to Fading Afternoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Fading Afternoon.
Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.