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Single-player games like Pine: A Story of Loss

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pine: A Story of Loss, 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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    Rusts Of Corruption — Steam game cover

    Rusts Of Corruption

    Single-player alternative to Pine: A Story of Loss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pine: A Story of Loss.

    You've mysteriously awoken on an isolated island on an unknown world. A corrupting force spreads through the island, leaving only a short amount of time to learn about the islands mysteries... Who will you meet? What will you learn? Are you ready to see the world die?

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    I'm Making a Monster — Steam game cover

    I'm Making a Monster

    Single-player alternative to Pine: A Story of Loss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pine: A Story of Loss.

    Piece by piece, you pour your soul into the monster. This is your burden and you bear it willingly. Your friends think that this is unhealthy.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Messy Hearts — Steam game cover

    Messy Hearts

    Single-player alternative to Pine: A Story of Loss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pine: A Story of Loss.

    Messy Hearts is a pixel-art visual novel about a complicated coworker friendship. Through journal-style narration, Florence unpacks romance, trauma, and some messy boundaries in a deeply personal story of mental health and heartbreak.

    2026IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AmaTisMo — Steam game cover

    AmaTisMo

    Single-player alternative to Pine: A Story of Loss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pine: A Story of Loss.

    A visual novel about mental health, depression, and self-love. Play as Amatista, a young woman trapped in isolation, as she begins a journey she never asked for. Every choice shapes the story. Fully accessible for blind and visually impaired players.

    2027IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mama — Steam game cover

    Mama

    Single-player alternative to Pine: A Story of Loss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pine: A Story of Loss.

    An emotional narrative point-and-click about a daughter caring for her mother as dementia reshapes their bond. Explore heartfelt conversations, fragmented memories, and story-driven puzzles on a journey of caregiving and learning to let go.

    2027IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Line Held Tight — Steam game cover

    A Line Held Tight

    Single-player alternative to Pine: A Story of Loss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pine: A Story of Loss.

    Tensions both political and personal are rising at the Brightworld mining colony. In this dynamic sci-fi visual novel you must decide where your heart and loyalties lie if you’re to shape the future and save yourself.

    IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    South of the Circle — Steam game cover

    South of the Circle

    Single-player alternative to Pine: A Story of Loss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pine: A Story of Loss.

    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.

    2022Adventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Why do you love me? — Steam game cover

    Why do you love me?

    Single-player alternative to Pine: A Story of Loss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pine: A Story of Loss.

    A short romantic novel about modern relationships. We took some situations from life and tried to answer the question "why do people love each other?".

    2024IndieCasual2.69 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →