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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.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-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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    Love in match — Steam game cover

    Love in match

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

    Follow Marianne, a young debutante in an alternative Regency England, where unique opportunities arise. Take part in “the great experiment”, as you navigate intrigue, romance, and life-changing decisions. Will you help Marianne find love, secure a prestigious place in high society… or achieve both?

    SimulationRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Reeve — Steam game cover

    The Reeve

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

    You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Love's Time Cycle — Steam game cover

    Love's Time Cycle

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

    A grand sci-fi romance healing masterpiece. Overnight, the beautiful girl around you have falling in love with you. Just as you think you can sink into this sweet trap, the one you love suddenly bids you farewell. In this endless cycle, will you be able to reclaim the love you’ve lost?

    IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rule or Fall — Steam game cover

    Rule or Fall

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

    Govern wisely in this narrative choice-based game set in the heart of the Middle Ages. Your choices will have a real impact on your entire adventure, the world and its characters! Skillfully manage your image and your throne to survive and prosper. Or fall.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Your Story: Games with Death — Steam game cover

    Your Story: Games with Death

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

    A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation5.59 USDSingle-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 →