Single-player games like her tears were my light
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to her tears were my light, 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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BAD END THEATER
Single-player alternative to her tears were my light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with her tears were my light.
select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!
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Sound of Summer Thunder: Day 1
Single-player alternative to her tears were my light — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Kody, a modern gym rat gets zapped by strange lightning and time-travels to 1898. A BARA, choices matter, alternate history, Visual Novel Musical set in the East Coast of USA. LGBTQ+ with romance options.
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Demonheart: The Ice Demon
Single-player alternative to her tears were my light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with her tears were my light.
Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?
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A Sky Full of Stars 仰望夜空的星辰
Single-player alternative to her tears were my light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with her tears were my light.
The starry sky spreads far and wide overhead... This story full of love, comedy, and excitement follows our protagonist and his stargazing friends as they grow together. "A Sky Full of Stars" is a coming-of-age astronomy tale by the same team who brought you "If My Heart Had Wings".
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Date Warp
Single-player alternative to her tears were my light — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!
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Mediterranea Inferno
Single-player alternative to her tears were my light — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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The Symbiant Re:Union
Single-player alternative to her tears were my light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with her tears were my light.
Take a deep dive into Danya’s and Brahve’s heat and romance in The Symbiant Re:Union. The events take place after two Endings of The Symbiant’s main game.
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start;again
Single-player alternative to her tears were my light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with her tears were my light.
A BL/yaoi mystery visual novel that follows a man named Sebastian as he’s forced into a game of life-or-death, alongside three strangers. Who put him there, and more importantly… who can he trust?
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SeaBed
Single-player alternative to her tears were my light — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
SeaBed is a yuri-themed psychological mystery visual novel told through the perspectives of three separate characters: Sachiko, Takako and Narasaki.
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Return to Ash
Single-player alternative to her tears were my light — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”
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Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells
Single-player alternative to her tears were my light — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Deciding to break protocol to lend a helping wing, Rain, a flighty little courier takes a skittish girl by the name of Mila on an adventure through the inner workings of a mysterious post office. Together, they search for a letter containing the last words of someone who seemingly never existed.
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Astra's Garden
Single-player alternative to her tears were my light — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Long ago, in a magical town filled with witches... There was one particular witch, Astragalus, who opened an apothecary. Grow some plants to help heal your customers and ease whatever ails them in this relaxing little idle game.