Single-player games like Save The World
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Save The World, 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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Across Kiloparsecs
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Save The World.
A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.
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The Song Out of Space
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Save The World.
Two federal agents investigate a strange homicide case in this Lovecraftian visual novel.
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A Serene Trip
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Save The World.
A fantasy sci-fi strategy visual novel, A Serene Trip takes you on a treacherous journey across space. You will need all of your wits and careful management of Adelaide's skills to survive to see your home again.
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Majotori
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Save The World.
A narrative trivia game focused on video games, anime and cinema. How many lives will your ignorance ruin?
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Quarantine Circular
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Save The World.
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
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Foul Play - Yuri Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Save The World.
Foul Play tells the story of a young, bright-eyed detective who is determined to succeed. Her world quickly turns upside down after she is tasked with catching a sexy, mercurial assassin. In the end, she'll need to determine how pure her conscience really is. After all, justice is subjective.
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The Symbiant
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Save The World.
The Symbiant is a BL / Yaoi / Gay visual novel about two men, both from vastly different worlds, embracing their sexuality and their newfound romance. It is also a tale of interstellar friendship and being gay in space!
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Dead in Antares
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Save The World.
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
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Loren The Amazon Princess
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Save The World.
Loren The Amazon Princess is a fantasy epic combining intricate turn-based battles with a heroic tale of overcoming evil - with a twist! In this tale, you play as a loyal servant of the hero rather than the hero herself.
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Always Remember Me
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Save The World.
Amy is desperate! Her boyfriend Aaron doesn't remember her anymore after a car accident! Will you be able to make him remember again? Or perhaps it's time to move on. Maybe Amy will fall in love with someone else? It's up to you to decide. Play this life simulation game with dating sim elements and shape Amy's destiny.
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Cursed Lands
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Defeat the evil lurking in Castle Of N'Mar in this RPG/dating sim game. Recruit your team in any order you want, use the optional social talents to win the battles, play as male or female and fully customize your avatar. Five romance per gender, including the unique Naga Enok and Sylrissa!
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Roommates
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Save The World.
Join Max or Anne in Latin House for their first college year! They'll juggle classes, jobs, and social life with four dorm mates, potentially sparking some extracurricular fun. As Anne you can romance Max, Isabella, Dominic and Rakesh. As Max, romance Anne, Isabella, Sally and Rakesh.
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Flower Shop: Summer In Fairbrook
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Save The World.
The Flower Shop: a dating and farming sim game. Steve's life is in shambles: bad grades, rocky relationship, and forced to work on a farm for the summer. Join him in Fairbook as he navigates farm life, makes new friends, and maintains old relationships.
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Planet Stronghold
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Save The World.
Planet Stronghold is a sci-fi role-playing game with a turn-based combat system. You take the role of a young, new recruit that somehow gets assigned to the most well-known, and well-defended, human outpost in the whole galaxy: Planet Stronghold.
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Spirited Heart Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Save The World.
Spirited Heart is a fantasy life simulation game. Create your fantasy alter ego choosing between an apparently normal human, a cute elf and a wicked demoness. Run your life in a virtual fantasy world: choose a job from the 20 different ones available, raise your stats, and maybe even find romance!
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Heileen 1: Sail Away
Single-player alternative to Save The World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Save The World.
Embark with Heileen in a unforgettable voyage to the New World! Met with old friends, and make new ones. Find romance, avoid dangers and life your life to the fullest!