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Single-player games like Amelie

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Amelie, 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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    Freja — Steam game cover

    Freja

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

    Ignorance Is bliss, or is it? Have you ever wondered if living in ignorance is better than to carry trauma? Freja is a first-person psychological thriller exploring this concept. Enter this dark and mysterious world and find out for yourself.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Butterfly//Circuit — Steam game cover

    Butterfly//Circuit

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

    Butterfly//Circuit is a cybergothic kinetic visual novel. Unravel the secrets of this character driven psychological thriller and explore the hidden interstices of a darkly (un)ordinary world. When glimmers of hope are snuffed out, the boundary between reality and fiction start to blur.

    2024Indie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Creeping Clark — Steam game cover

    Creeping Clark

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

    After escaping her abusive brother, Sophie seeks a fresh start in a remote house in Hawthorn's forest. But strange events unfold, and her unsettling housemate, Elise, may be hiding something. Is it just her anxiety, or is there something more sinister lurking in the shadows?

    2025IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nightmare Inside — Steam game cover

    Nightmare Inside

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

    Join Finn on his adventure through the most beautiful periods of his adolescence! Finn, a 16 year old boy, lives in a cute town with his mother and friends. So, what will happen in his life? Put on your coats to find out, because Norway is cold! This game is not suitable for all audiences.

    2022IndieCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pikabuu: STOP! — Steam game cover

    Pikabuu: STOP!

    Single-player alternative to Amelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Amelie.

    Beni, a loving husband to Nadia and father to Kaila, always ensured his family's needs were met with simple contentment. However, one day, an unwitting decision dragged his small family into a spiral that threatens everything.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Martha Is Dead — Steam game cover

    Martha Is Dead

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

    Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?

    2022IndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MOTHER — Steam game cover

    MOTHER

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

    MOTHER is a first-person psychological horror game about protecting your children while descending deeper & deeper into madness. Defend them at all costs. Be careful, because their death is permanent!

    2020Indie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Silent Still 2 — Steam game cover

    Silent Still 2

    Single-player alternative to Amelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Amelie.

    Silent Still 2 is a first-person psychological horror that traps you in the paralyzing nightmare of sleep paralysis. Helpless and unable to escape, you’ll face unspeakable entities that watch, whisper, and move when you can’t. Blurring the line between waking and something far worse

    2025IndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    It gets so lonely here — Steam game cover

    It gets so lonely here

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

    A yandere yuri visual novel with a fairytale theme. Can you escape from your mysterious pursuer?

    2023IndieFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Date with Death — Steam game cover

    A Date with Death

    Single-player alternative to Amelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Amelie.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Divine Speaker — Steam game cover

    The Divine Speaker

    Single-player alternative to Amelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Amelie.

    A story-rich tale of breaking the bonds of fate... and meeting some cute guys along the way!

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    start;again — Steam game cover

    start;again

    Single-player alternative to Amelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Amelie.

    A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?

    2022IndieSimulation5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Divine Speaker: The Sun and the Moon — Steam game cover

    The Divine Speaker: The Sun and the Moon

    Single-player alternative to Amelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Amelie.

    The story-rich 18+ prequel to The Divine Speaker. Follow alongside Aemyl and Lucius in a two-sided story about the past and the future.

    2023IndieSimulationRPG12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dreambound — Steam game cover

    Dreambound

    Single-player alternative to Amelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Amelie.

    Mysterious deaths. Dreams that are reality, and reality that is a dream. Will Noah be able to move forward and solve the mystery⁠—or will he give in to the demons of his past? A story-rich BL mystery visual novel.

    2024IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Divine Speaker: A Bounty Hunter's First Christmas — Steam game cover

    The Divine Speaker: A Bounty Hunter's First Christmas

    Single-player alternative to Amelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Amelie.

    A Chistmas themed afterstory to The Divine Speaker featuring Leos and Raen! Search for the elusive Mister Bells, spend the Winter Solstice together, and win at rock-paper-scissors against your favorite ex-assassin turned bounty hunter!

    2023IndieSimulationRPG5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Willowmist Emporium of Antiques & Curiosities — Steam game cover

    The Willowmist Emporium of Antiques & Curiosities

    Single-player alternative to Amelie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Amelie.

    A cozy narrative shop sim where you move to the sleepy town of Willowmist to run your aunt’s antique store. Meet 5 charming love interests and quirky locals—each with secrets to uncover—in a town where nothing is quite as it seems. Buy, sell, and haggle to keep the store afloat!

    IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →