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Single-player games like Heart & Soul

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Heart & Soul, 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.

Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Heart & Soul page.

Ranked picks

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    Jest Messters — Steam game cover

    Jest Messters

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Heart & Soul.

    A comedy-mystery otome (GxB) visual novel full of dad jokes, cringe puns, and an unexpected mystery! Come and join the pun!

    2027IndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Madness in Bloom — Steam game cover

    Madness in Bloom

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Heart & Soul.

    Running from a painful betrayal, you retreat to the quiet countryside, hoping to leave the past behind. Instead, you find unexpected relationships, buried secrets, and a future that depends entirely on the choices you make.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Once Upon an Electric Dream — Steam game cover

    Once Upon an Electric Dream

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Heart & Soul.

    Princess Rosavel is on a deep space mission but can’t quite remember her purpose. Can she recollect her memories and find out why she went on such a dangerous journey?

    2020IndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wrapped With a Kiss — Steam game cover

    Wrapped With a Kiss

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Heart & Soul.

    Date the small holiday town's cute local carpenter and help Noel rekindle her relationship with her family in this emotional Christmas themed otome visual novel!

    2022Indie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deathwish Bloom — Steam game cover

    Deathwish Bloom

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    In this hand-drawn romance-mystery visual novel, play as Sky, a love-struck impostor scientist born into a quake-ridden world. Survive your own secrets in a last-ditch attempt to recreate a cure only you remember existed. Let in characters whose obsessions can both aid and destroy you.

    AdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Low Effort Romance — Steam game cover

    Low Effort Romance

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Heart & Soul.

    Low Effort Romance is an otome visual novel about two tired adults who accidentally fall for each other between quarterly reports. Can you juggle deadlines, nosy coworkers, group projects, and a romance that keeps almost happening on company property?

    2027IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Help! I Tried to Summon the Perfect Boyfriend and Messed Up so I Summoned a Demon Instead!?!? — Steam game cover

    Help! I Tried to Summon the Perfect Boyfriend and Messed Up so I Summoned a Demon Instead!?!?

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Heart & Soul.

    You aimed for a boyfriend; you got a demon. Good luck!

    IndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Radiants — Steam game cover

    The Radiants

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Heart & Soul.

    The Radiants is a magical adventure visual novel with light stat raising & multiple endings. Choose what kind of Oracle you will become and maybe find romance along the way.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation16.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nicole — Steam game cover

    Nicole

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Excited to join her first choice school, Nicole discovers a disturbing series of disappearances on campus upon moving into the university dorms. Three girls have vanished, and she might be next, deviating from her ideal college experience.

    2014AdventureSimulationCasual18.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  10. 10
    Long Live The Queen — Steam game cover

    Long Live The Queen

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Heart & Soul.

    Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Backstage Pass — Steam game cover

    Backstage Pass

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Heart & Soul.

    A visual novel/sim game about life, love, and working in the entertainment industry. Play as makeup artist Sian Goodin as she navigates the world of showbiz. Make friends, forge business relationships, and maybe even find romance!

    2016IndieSimulation29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    God, Save the Queens! — Steam game cover

    God, Save the Queens!

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Heart & Soul.

    You are God. The king’s five daughters have been taken. Fight thousands of enemies, unlock powerful skills, and defeat the evil wizard Zaharad in this brutal 2.5D roguelike!

    2026ActionIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Keepers of Astraela — Steam game cover

    Keepers of Astraela

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Heart & Soul.

    A dark fantasy otome visual novel that follows a writer whose characters come to life. Join Eva as she fights against forces of Darkness, flirts with a fiery man, and wrestles with her inner darkness.

    2024IndieCasual14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Day After Day — Steam game cover

    Day After Day

    Single-player alternative to Heart & Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Making mayhem, claiming valuables, and breaking hearts may be a full day's work, but the day keeps repeating and you have no idea why. Build your skillset, break your curse, and befriend or betray townspeople in this otome narrative RPG.

    RPGSingle-playerSimilar games →