Single-player games like Flashback
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Flashback, 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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From Beyond
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Flashback.
From Beyond is a game about a man being transported into a different world after being stabbed. Will he find happiness and hope in a world filled with despair? Will he piece the puzzle pieces together and uncover the mystery of his newfound colorblindness? That's up to you... Or is it?
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In The Well
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Flashback.
Escape the well and find out who you really are... Lost in the snowy lands, find the answers to your questions
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轮回之理-MOBIUS THEORY
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Flashback.
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BURN
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Flashback.
𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹 is a short and replayable visual novel, where you play Nina BURN, the biggest pop star in the world at the turning point of her career. Will you change pop music? Will you become a monster? 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝕭𝖀𝕽𝕹.
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Chronotopia: Second Skin
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Flashback.
Chronotopia: Second Skin is a unique rewriting of the Donkeyskin fairytale, a darker variation of Cinderella. Follow Kionna into a painful but ultimately rewarding search for her true self.
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Carmilla : Crimson Moon
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Flashback.
A dark yuri horror visual novel inspired by a classic gothic novella. When the enigmatic Carmilla arrives, Laura is swept into a fever dream of obsession. Is this stranger the cure for her loneliness or a herald of corruption? And what caused the mysterious deaths of two girls in the nearby village?
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Sunset Routes
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Flashback.
Sunset Routes is an easy and intriguing roguelite game. You can choose your crew, put them in the cabins, select your destination, and set sail. Through a series of choices, you can earn profits during the emergency period of the New World and even decide its fate—unintentionally or on purpose.
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Argumentum ad culpam
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Argumentum ad culpam is a gothic visual novel about the world of eternal agony. A capricious dance of principles and death. Take part in twisted battles of wits, where morality is only a tool for survival, and decide what future that world will have.
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The Oregon Trail
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Flashback.
The Oregon Trail is back in a beautiful blend of charming pixel art characters, 3D environments, and cutting-edge lighting and visual effects!
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White Night Dream
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Flashback.
White Night Dream is a card-based strategy rogue-lite game where a girl chases after a runaway cat on the streets at midnight. The game cleverly simulates the short yet long night through a simple card-flipping gameplay and a variety of interesting build combinations.
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Love, Internet, and Murder Magic
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Love, Internet, and Murder Magic is a Roguelike game. You will role-play an agent of a streamer who died because of a murder. You are trying to "bring her back" through AI technology on the Internet, making her the unique creation of the Internet.
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Mareld
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Mareld is a card-driven Roguelike role-playing game where you play as a traveler lost in the Lost Forest. You will recruit companions, collect resources, craft items, explore the world, defeat enemies, find your way back home, or uncover the secrets of this extraordinary world.
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Mercury Elopement Syndrome
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Short visual novel. A 24-hour romance at its worst; a 24-hour escape at its sweetest.
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Sun Halo
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Sun Halo is a real-time combat game blending roguelike progression with strategic deck-building. Recruit and develop a roster of distinctive characters, build your own unique deck, and adapt your tactics on the battlefield. Uncover the world’s unfolding story, all the way to its final chapter.
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Balorizon
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Tianping Line is a strategy RPG that blends event choices, character recruitment and growth, and auto-battles. Rule a fledgling nation, make decisions in domestic affairs and diplomacy, recruit unique characters, build your forces, expand your power, face crises, and shape the nation’s fate.
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Afternoon Frontline
Single-player alternative to Flashback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Flashback.
Afternoon Frontline is a free tower defense game with light roguelite elements. Make random choices, strengthen your characters, refine your team, and put together builds suited to each situation as you hold the line against incoming waves.