Single-player games like Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Paper Lily - Chapter 1, 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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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
Single-player alternative to Paper Lily - Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Lily - Chapter 1.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Ib
Single-player alternative to Paper Lily - Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Lily - Chapter 1.
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
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Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
Single-player alternative to Paper Lily - Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Lily - Chapter 1.
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
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OMORI
Single-player alternative to Paper Lily - Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Lily - Chapter 1.
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
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The Count Lucanor
Single-player alternative to Paper Lily - Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Lily - Chapter 1.
Pixel adventure inspired by classics like Zelda and Silent Hill.
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CLeM
Single-player alternative to Paper Lily - Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Lily - Chapter 1.
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
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Tales of the Black Forest
Single-player alternative to Paper Lily - Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Lily - Chapter 1.
In a world filled with yōkai, a surging dark power has overshadowed a Japanese town. A group of 2 developers have produced a Japanese pixel adventure game to tell a tale that dates back to the Heisei era...In the name of dreams and passion.
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Oxenfree
Single-player alternative to Paper Lily - Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Lily - Chapter 1.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
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Project V
Single-player alternative to Paper Lily - Chapter 1 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Paper Lily - Chapter 1.
> Die. Inherit. Evolve. Fight through dungeons, craft gear, brew potions, and collect relics — then die, pass your DNA to the next generation, and push deeper. Something is watching. Every death makes your bloodline stronger — but who benefits? An idle incremental RPG with a dark secret.