Single-player games like Closer the Distance
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Closer the Distance, 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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SEASON: A letter to the future
Single-player alternative to Closer the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Closer the Distance.
Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.
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Before Your Eyes
Single-player alternative to Closer the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Closer the Distance.
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
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The Berlin Apartment
Single-player alternative to Closer the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Closer the Distance.
One apartment, many stories: Witness turning points in the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment in Berlin over the course of a whole century.
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Goodnight Universe
Single-player alternative to Closer the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Closer the Distance.
From the creators of Before Your Eyes — You are Isaac, a 6-month-old baby, developing mysterious psychic powers. What you want most is to be loved and accepted by your family, but a secretive tech corporation wants you for their own.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Closer the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Closer the Distance.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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Ghost on the Shore
Single-player alternative to Closer the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
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VIDEOVERSE
Single-player alternative to Closer the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Closer the Distance.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
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South of the Circle
Single-player alternative to Closer the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.
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The Sims™ 4
Single-player alternative to Closer the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Closer the Distance.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
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The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Closer the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Closer the Distance.
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
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Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Single-player alternative to Closer the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Closer the Distance.
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
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Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Single-player alternative to Closer the Distance — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Closer the Distance.
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.