Single-player games like Grief like a stray dog
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Grief like a stray dog, 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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Gerda: A Flame in Winter
Single-player alternative to Grief like a stray dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grief like a stray dog.
You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?
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Svoboda 1945: Liberation
Single-player alternative to Grief like a stray dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grief like a stray dog.
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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Torn Away
Single-player alternative to Grief like a stray dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grief like a stray dog.
Torn Away is an award winning interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Help little Asya find her way home in the middle of war.
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Grief like a stray dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grief like a stray dog.
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.
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Closer the Distance
Single-player alternative to Grief like a stray dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Grief like a stray dog.
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
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Attentat 1942
Single-player alternative to Grief like a stray dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grief like a stray dog.
Attentat 1942 is a historically-accurate adventure about World War 2. Face moral dilemmas and existential struggles as you uncover the troubled past of your family.
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South of the Circle
Single-player alternative to Grief like a stray dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Grief like a stray dog.
South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.
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Wednesdays
Single-player alternative to Grief like a stray dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Grief like a stray dog.
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.