Single-player games like Forgotlings
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Forgotlings, 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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Goodbye Volcano High
Single-player alternative to Forgotlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forgotlings.
Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.
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Heavy Rain
Single-player alternative to Forgotlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Forgotlings.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
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Astronaut: The Best
Single-player alternative to Forgotlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forgotlings.
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.
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花奴令 Huanu Poems
Single-player alternative to Forgotlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forgotlings.
Huanu Poems is a multi-ending love adventure game. As a photographer, carrying the secret of being a bloodline inheritor of HuaNu Town, you will take lovely Peach to run a B&B, encounter gentle Cloudia. Your choices will affect the direction of the story.
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Monsters of Little Haven
Single-player alternative to Forgotlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forgotlings.
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
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Coffee Talk
Single-player alternative to Forgotlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forgotlings.
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
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Forgotton Anne
Single-player alternative to Forgotlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Forgotlings.
Step into a hand-animated realm of wonder in which everyday objects take on a life of their own. Uncover the Forgotlings’ mysteries & harness magical forces as you embark upon a quest to return home.
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The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
Single-player alternative to Forgotlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forgotlings.
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?