Single-player games like Sanfu
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Sanfu, 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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Firework
Single-player alternative to Sanfu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sanfu.
An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.
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Threefold Recital
Single-player alternative to Sanfu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sanfu.
Threefold Recital is set in an oriental fantasy world where the metropolis of Bluescales faces turmoil after a long golden age. The mix of magic, modern, and ancient technologies challenges governance, while tensions between humans, beastlings, and dragons grow. In the shadows, a crisis looms...
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TR-49
Single-player alternative to Sanfu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sanfu.
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Luto
Single-player alternative to Sanfu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sanfu.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
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The Last Case of John Morley
Single-player alternative to Sanfu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sanfu.
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
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Murders on the Yangtze River
Single-player alternative to Sanfu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sanfu.
"Murders on Yangtze River" is an Ace Attorney-like detective game that takes you on a journey through early 20th century China as you solve a series of intriguing cases. Use your logical reasoning and deduction skills to uncover clues, interrogate suspects, and solve the mysteries.
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Paper Bride
Single-player alternative to Sanfu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sanfu.
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
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Kathy Rain
Single-player alternative to Sanfu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sanfu.
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.