Single-player games like a pet shop after dark
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to a pet shop after dark, 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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A YEAR OF SPRINGS
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with a pet shop after dark.
Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.
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Rusty Lake: Roots
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with a pet shop after dark.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
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Tales from Candleforth
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with a pet shop after dark.
Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror 2D point and click game with puzzles and escape room mechanics, that narrates the fairy tales from the village. The text contained in this ancient and evil book is now bleeding out, mixing the world of nightmares with the real one through handmade 2D graphics.
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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with a pet shop after dark.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
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Children of Silentown
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with a pet shop after dark.
Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
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No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with a pet shop after dark.
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
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True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with a pet shop after dark.
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 is the final chapter of the psychological thriller trilogy. With point-and-click mechanics, intricate puzzles, and cinematic cutscenes, immerse yourself in a dark horror experience that redefines the genre.
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NO-SKIN
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with a pet shop after dark.
Horror Roguelike characterized by an experimental artstyle and storytelling, strategic gameplay and deep mysteries
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A TAVERN FOR TEA
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with a pet shop after dark.
A fantasy tea-brewing adventure. Listen to your customers' worries and brew them the tea that they didn't know they needed.
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one night, hot springs
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with a pet shop after dark.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
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A HERO AND A GARDEN
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with a pet shop after dark.
Play as a fairytale hero and help him garden, since saving the princess didn't go that well. A fantasy gardening visual novel and clicker game.
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Marron's Day
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with a pet shop after dark.
Marron's Day is a silly pocket-sized adventure where you're a bunny trying to save the town festival! Help out your animal friends, play cute minigames, and explore this cosy and retro pixel-art town.
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you're just imagining it
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with a pet shop after dark.
A chronic illness simulator. You think you have a chronic illness, but you don't know what. All you know is you are always in some state of pain. You've been to too many doctors to count... but you still have to live your life.
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TRUE LOVE'S CURSE
Single-player alternative to a pet shop after dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with a pet shop after dark.
A fantasy curse-casting adventure. Make curses that can only be undone by true love's kiss!