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Single-player games like Monster Loves You!

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Monster Loves You!, 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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    Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery — Steam game cover

    Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery

    Single-player alternative to Monster Loves You! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Monster Loves You!.

    A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!

    2023AdventureSimulationRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Love: Fall in Death — Steam game cover

    Love: Fall in Death

    Single-player alternative to Monster Loves You! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monster Loves You!.

    An FMV interactive romantic comedy where your choices and timing shape the night. Try to impress Ayşil at the bar and navigate a branching story that can lead to love… or total chaos.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Upheaval — Steam game cover

    Upheaval

    Single-player alternative to Monster Loves You! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monster Loves You!.

    Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!

    IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Reborn — Steam game cover

    Reborn

    Single-player alternative to Monster Loves You! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monster Loves You!.

    A visual novel written as a psychological horror RPG where your choices shape your life, leading to irreversible consequences and determining how your descent into darkness unfolds. The game can end in many different ways. Your choices determine how.

    IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The seven days i spent with you — Steam game cover

    The seven days i spent with you

    Single-player alternative to Monster Loves You! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monster Loves You!.

    With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation1.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Court — Steam game cover

    Space Court

    Single-player alternative to Monster Loves You! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Monster Loves You!.

    As a newly appointed Judge, you will rule over Space Court and its denizens to keep the universe safe. Or possibly blow it all up. Either way, you’re tenured.

    2020IndieRPG2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bread Must Rise — Steam game cover

    The Bread Must Rise

    Single-player alternative to Monster Loves You! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monster Loves You!.

    The Great Godstone Bake-off has arrived! As a hapless baker deeply in debt, you finally have the opportunity to rise to fame and fortune! Under the tutelage of famous chefs , you will learn the arts of baking, breading, and dare you whisper it...necromancy?

    2023IndieAdventureRPG7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Emily is Away Too — Steam game cover

    Emily is Away Too

    Single-player alternative to Monster Loves You! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Monster Loves You!.

    Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Walking Dead — Steam game cover

    The Walking Dead

    Single-player alternative to Monster Loves You! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Monster Loves You!.

    A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.

    2012Adventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS — Steam game cover

    ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS

    Single-player alternative to Monster Loves You! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Monster Loves You!.

    ROCKETS fire ROCKETS at ROCKETS in this action-arcade, arena-combat, gorgeous festival-of-fireworks! It's dogfighting meets figure-skating in space with local multiplayer and single-player fast-paced action modes plus a ZEN MODE where ROCKETS learn to LOVE.

    2015ActionSportsStrategy6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fantastic Contraption — Steam game cover

    Fantastic Contraption

    Single-player alternative to Monster Loves You! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Monster Loves You!.

    A surreal building game for VR. Create life-sized contraptions as tall as you can reach, then send them whirling, flinging, and trundling off to solve puzzles on the other side of a floating island. There are no right or wrong solutions, so bring your creativity.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →