Single-player games like Cut to the Core
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cut to the Core, 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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Annie and the AI
Single-player alternative to Cut to the Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cut to the Core.
Step into the role of Esme, an AI built by Annie but built for what purpose? Evolve and learn by solving visual puzzles accompanied by beautiful hand-drawn artwork. Learn all about Annie's life, befriend her, and grow together.
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To Be With You
Single-player alternative to Cut to the Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cut to the Core.
A semi-autobiographical horror visual novel about unhealthy relationships. Can you help Alsie save her relationship from ruin?
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Saint Kotar: The Crawling Man
Single-player alternative to Cut to the Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cut to the Core.
This is a story about the fall of a man. Told in the form of an interactive comic book with sounds and animations, Saint Kotar: The Crawling Man follows the appalling life of Mojse, his fall from a beloved teacher to a bitter and vengeful leader of a sinister cult.
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A Sketchbook About Her Sun
Single-player alternative to Cut to the Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cut to the Core.
Through a narrative based on Red Ribbon’s new album “Planet X”, experience a broken-heart girl’s journey through thoughts, daydreams and music.
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Gloom and Doom
Single-player alternative to Cut to the Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cut to the Core.
Gloom and Doom is a visual novel throwback to 90s slacker movies - complete with the solitude and sarcastic retorts - but with a supernatural twist. Push a powerful but unmotivated wraith to complete his stagnated quest to enter heaven, while trying to kill the suicidal but unkillable Doom Bringer.
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Concealed
Single-player alternative to Cut to the Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cut to the Core.
At Di Yingling High, rumors of missing girls run rampant. Exchange student Meng Jiangnan uncovers the school’s hidden darkness. The Remake heightens the suspense with black-and-white comic visuals and upgraded systems. Will you face the truth?
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The Mofu Game
Single-player alternative to Cut to the Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cut to the Core.
The Mofu Game is a psychological horror visual novel about a cursed story that should never have been read. Proceed at your own risk.
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Cut to the Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cut to the Core.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.