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Single-player games like The VII Enigma

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The VII Enigma, 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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     KORA — Steam game cover

    KORA

    Single-player alternative to The VII Enigma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The VII Enigma.

    In a "perfect" city governed by AI, you're just an ordinary repair technician trying to survive. Then a routine job goes wrong, you get kidnapped, and the woman who taught you everything you know seems to have known it would happen all along.

    2026IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Unclosed Case — Steam game cover

    The Unclosed Case

    Single-player alternative to The VII Enigma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The VII Enigma.

    Truth is not singular. Gather the evidence, build your own scenario, and experience the outcome.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    マーダーミステリーパラドクス このひと夏の十五年 — Steam game cover

    マーダーミステリーパラドクス このひと夏の十五年

    Single-player alternative to The VII Enigma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The VII Enigma.

    "Murder Mystery Paradox: Fifteen Years of Summer" is a text-based adventure game. Enter the remote and sparsely populated island of Shikinejima and attempt to solve the strangely recurring mystery found there.

    2023IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure — Steam game cover

    Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

    Single-player alternative to The VII Enigma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The VII Enigma.

    A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

    2021IndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STEINS;GATE ELITE — Steam game cover

    STEINS;GATE ELITE

    Single-player alternative to The VII Enigma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The VII Enigma.

    STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.

    2019AdventureDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dry Drowning — Steam game cover

    Dry Drowning

    Single-player alternative to The VII Enigma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The VII Enigma.

    Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.

    2019IndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    精神病大王花 Flowering Abyss — Steam game cover

    精神病大王花 Flowering Abyss

    Single-player alternative to The VII Enigma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The VII Enigma.

    话题作《精神病大王花》重制作品。 追求精神病少女们的恋爱游戏,你能活到最后吗?

    2022IndieAdventureRPG7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mediterranea Inferno — Steam game cover

    Mediterranea Inferno

    Single-player alternative to The VII Enigma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The VII Enigma.

    Explore the inner demons of three childhood friends on a summer retreat. Unearth secrets, fears and obsessions as you help them reconnect and rediscover themselves. A mature and treacherous visual novel from the creator of Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star.

    2023Adventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STEINS;GATE — Steam game cover

    STEINS;GATE

    Single-player alternative to The VII Enigma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The VII Enigma.

    Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll. It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.

    2016Adventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SYNESTHESIA — Steam game cover

    SYNESTHESIA

    Single-player alternative to The VII Enigma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The VII Enigma.

    🌀 Is there an escape to the endless spiral?🌀 『SYNESTHESIA』 is an emotive, character driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Join a group of college students with strange cognitive powers, who soon discover something is amiss at the institute sworn to help them...

    2023IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Advent: Dawn — Steam game cover

    Advent: Dawn

    Single-player alternative to The VII Enigma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The VII Enigma.

    Seven strangers. One collapsed cave. No escape. A sci-fi mystery visual novel where every route toward survival draws you closer to a different companion—and a different lie.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →