Single-player games like Vacuum Story
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Vacuum Story, 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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One Night Stand
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Vacuum Story.
After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?
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Matsuro Palette
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Vacuum Story.
Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?
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Draugen
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vacuum Story.
Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Vacuum Story.
When the truth is buried, go underground. Step into this new take on text-based adventure from the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Volume. A short story that hands you the fate of the world above, as a detective looking for answers on the Subsurface Circular.
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Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vacuum Story.
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
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天平游戏1:抉择
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Vacuum Story.
《Inner Scales 1:Choice》is a first-person FMV. Set in a sealed cage. It pushes survival, humanity, emotion and moral dilemmas to the extreme. You will face surveillance, cages, and the fates of eight trapped women—every choice you make decides life and death for others and yourself.
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Gorogoa
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Vacuum Story.
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
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FAKEBOOK
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Vacuum Story.
Point-and-click mystery adventure on the virtual SNS! Find secrets hidden by family, friends, companies, and idols.
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PHOTOBIA: Tales from the Dark
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Vacuum Story.
Enter a realm where light and time become powerful allies. PHOTOBIA: Tales from the Dark combines multidimensional puzzles, ever-evolving worlds, and gameplay modes ranging from narrative adventures to competitive challenges. Bend reality, conquer the darkness.
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The Fable of the Unlucky Clover
Single-player alternative to Vacuum Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vacuum Story.
Get ready for a journey made of memories and superstitions in The Fable of the Unlucky Clover! Explore and uncover the secrets of a quarter in the city of Malochy that almost everyone keeps well away from, because of the folk beliefs that spread about it...