Single-player games like The Craft of the Samurai
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Craft of the Samurai, 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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牛头镇的快乐故事
Single-player alternative to The Craft of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Craft of the Samurai.
This is a realistic visual game (AVG). 10-year-old Wang Nan plans to go to the provincial capital during the summer vacation, but many incredible things suddenly happen in the town, and many of them are related to him... So where should he go?
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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Single-player alternative to The Craft of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
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Svoboda 1945: Liberation
Single-player alternative to The Craft of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Craft of the Samurai.
Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.
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Astrologaster
Single-player alternative to The Craft of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Craft of the Samurai.
Astrologaster is a comedy game set in Shakespeare’s London. Play as 'Doctor' Simon Forman and treat his patients using astrology. A story-driven adventure based on a truly ridiculous story.
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Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary
Single-player alternative to The Craft of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with The Craft of the Samurai.
A mystery visual novel where horror meets occult comedy. Follow Kugayama Shiori, a ghost who casually dies over and over as she searches for her cause of death and the regrets that bind her to this world. Her investigation will eventually lead to a single incident—and the truth behind her demise.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to The Craft of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Craft of the Samurai.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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1348 Ex Voto
Single-player alternative to The Craft of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Craft of the Samurai.
Journey through a tumultuous Medieval Italy as Aeta, a young knight errant who sets off on a brutal quest to find and save her closest one. 1348 Ex Voto is a cinematic action-adventure game inspired by chivalric tales.
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Road to Empress I
Single-player alternative to The Craft of the Samurai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Craft of the Samurai.
You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.