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Single-player games like To Make a Game

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to To Make a Game, 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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    Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing — Steam game cover

    Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing

    Single-player alternative to To Make a Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with To Make a Game.

    Finding true love is hard enough when it’s in person! Build a relationship through the screen as a couple copes with lockdown life by staying connected online! Will their love be loud and clear, or will their signals fade away?

    2021IndieCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    浮生箓 Floating Life — Steam game cover

    浮生箓 Floating Life

    Single-player alternative to To Make a Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with To Make a Game.

    《浮生箓》是一款剧情重开模拟游戏,互动式轻量小说游戏。支持创意工坊自由编辑与上传自己的剧本,融合如修仙、武侠、玄幻等小说题材的背景,可自由选择出生的剧本,体验千变万化的人生,从出生开始让你体验到丰富多变的剧情,多种多样的选择,不同选择带来不同的变化,各种有趣的梗。来吧,开始你的浮生之旅,随着进程生成自己的浮生箓!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Test: Secrets of the Soul — Steam game cover

    The Test: Secrets of the Soul

    Single-player alternative to To Make a Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Journey - Episode 1: Whatever This Is — Steam game cover

    The Journey - Episode 1: Whatever This Is

    Single-player alternative to To Make a Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with To Make a Game.

    The first step that you never knew you needed to take to get to wherever you're wanting to go...

    2021AdventureSimulationCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wednesdays — Steam game cover

    Wednesdays

    Single-player alternative to To Make a Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    "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.

    2025Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Moonless Moon — Steam game cover

    Moonless Moon

    Single-player alternative to To Make a Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    When night falls, she wanders into another world... Moonless Moon is a text-based adventure game following a girl as she travels through a variety of different worlds.

    2024IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ninki Seiyuu: How to Make a Pop Voice Actress — Steam game cover

    Ninki Seiyuu: How to Make a Pop Voice Actress

    Single-player alternative to To Make a Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    A love comedy set in the voice acting industry, from the point of view of voice actresses, managers, and sound engineers... and it's, like, 78% accurate! Play it, and you might find out what this industry is all about!

    2021Adventure39.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Roadwarden — Steam game cover

    Roadwarden

    Single-player alternative to To Make a Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with To Make a Game.

    Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG10.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →