Single-player games like Amarantus
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Amarantus, 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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Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
Single-player alternative to Amarantus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Amarantus.
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!
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Mediterranea Inferno
Single-player alternative to Amarantus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Amarantus.
Explore the inner demons of three childhood friends on a summer retreat. Unearth secrets, fears and obsessions as you help them reconnect and rediscover themselves. A mature and treacherous visual novel from the creator of Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star.
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Ambition: A Minuet in Power
Single-player alternative to Amarantus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Amarantus.
18th century Paris - a city of love, lies and revolution. You are a woman of fashion trying to survive the political turmoil. Date a cast of unforgettable characters. Amass the wealth and respect you deserve. Engage in gossip that can alter the course of history, or lead you to the guillotine.
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Amarantus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Amarantus.
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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Arcadia Fallen
Single-player alternative to Amarantus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Amarantus.
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
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Dread Weight
Single-player alternative to Amarantus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Amarantus.
Trapped in a crumbling mansion, it’s up to you to outsmart and outlast an ancient witch hunting you down. Scavenge for items to set traps, solve puzzles and discover hidden secrets to avoid your demise. Don’t be scared: encounters with ghosts are rewarded in this horror visual novel.
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Mask of the Rose
Single-player alternative to Amarantus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Amarantus.
A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.
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The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
Single-player alternative to Amarantus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Amarantus.
Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.