Single-player games like Holiday with Gwen
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Holiday with Gwen, 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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Cold Verdict 2
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Holiday with Gwen.
A direct sequel to 'Cold Verdict'. Another group of people wake up in a strange abandoned location, trying to find a way out and understand why they were put there. What is the killer's endgame in all this? A short interactive story with choices.
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The Empty Desk
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holiday with Gwen.
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
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Murder by Numbers
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holiday with Gwen.
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
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Trials of Innocence
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holiday with Gwen.
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holiday with Gwen.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
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Subsurface Circular
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holiday with Gwen.
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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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holiday with Gwen.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Doki Doki AI Interrogation
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holiday with Gwen.
A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.
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Atonement: Scourge of Time
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holiday with Gwen.
The last king was killed over 400 years ago and the global rule of the land ceased to exist. The Vindicator is coming. ~a decadent, dark fantasy world with a new take on the concepts of Angels and Demons!
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City of Chains
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holiday with Gwen.
City of Chains is a dark sci-fi RPG set in a dystopian city. Take control of a small group of escaped fugitives and lead them to their freedom. Decide whether to fight head on or to avoid combat, to help others or to go your own way, to show mercy or to kill. Your actions could affect the fate of the city.
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Insincere
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Holiday with Gwen.
You are Joseph Walker. After waking up in a strangely deserted science facility with no recollection of how you got there, you hear the voice of an A.I. The A.I. promises to be your guide and to help you out of the facility. However, it is clear right away that it’s not telling you everything.
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Incitement 3
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holiday with Gwen.
An expansive dystopian sci-fi world awaits you! Equipment customization, a varied cast and an epic story in this sci-fi epic from Astronomic Games.
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Outrage
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holiday with Gwen.
Outrage is a short cyberpunk dungeon crawler. You manage a team of vigilantes and must undertake various missions in the city to strengthen your team and your cause in order to bring a powerful enemy to justice.
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Atonement 2: Ruptured by Despair
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Three weeks have passed since the events of Atonement: Scourge of Time, but the world is yet in peril. Elleria and her allies find themselves in an alternate timeline where events took a grimmer turn. She will now have to go head to head against her other self in order to stop the impending threat.
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Mercury: Cascade into Madness
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holiday with Gwen.
Mercury is a quirky and violent vigilante. After experiencing a traumatic event in her life, she saw it as her purpose to take to the streets and fight crime, only to become entangled in something huge that could threaten the entire city. Cyberpunk RPG with choice and consequence.
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Renegade Grounds: Episode 1
Single-player alternative to Holiday with Gwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holiday with Gwen.
First episode of a thrilling adventure! Two mercenaries, Agela and Ingus, are tasked to infiltrate the criminal underworld to retrieve a device of high value that was stolen from the council. The job gets more complex as more factions join the hunt for the item, but to Agela and Ingus, failure is not an option!