Single-player games like Three Minutes To Eight
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Three Minutes To Eight, 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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時折記 -Tokioriki-
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
I can't do this anymore -- but I've decided to choose. There are people I want to protect, but I can't save them all. One old book shatters an ordinary life -- a visual novel of despair and love, where your choices shape the story. Japanese voice / English subtitles / ~10hrs
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Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
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人类终结之日——2074
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
"Human Beings' Extinction Day: 2074"is a text-based visual novel game with a sci-fi and suspense theme. After an unprecedented disaster caused by an accident, the future of humanity seems bleak. Until April 9, 2074, a pivotal event that would shape humanity's fate occurred……
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NCH: Chronos Rebirth
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
A sci-fi narrative visual novel focused on historical intervention, espionage, mind games, and tactical choices. You will play as a life scientist sent from the future, holding the key to the fate of two timelines. You must decide which future deserves to exist.
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Metahorror Therapy Session
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Three Minutes To Eight.
Take control of a therapist in a mysterious, never-ending therapy session. Can you unravel the truth behind your patient's lies, and live to tell the tale? A psychological mystery developed by a psychologist.
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Rumor Reporter
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
Rumor Reporter is a Golden Age whodunit mystery. Play as senior reporter Veronica Chase as you explore Greyhaven Island in the Celtic Sea, 1920s. Choose where to investigate, who to question, and what to publish. Your report shapes public opinion, drives arrests, and changes the island’s future.
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Just in Crime
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
Just in Crime is a detective video game in which you play a detective dog and a wizard cat. With a twist; you are able to travel back in time and examine the crime scene a few seconds before it happened.
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SYNESTHESIA
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
🌀 Is there an escape to the endless spiral?🌀 『SYNESTHESIA』 is an emotive, character driven sci-fi mystery visual novel. Join a group of college students with strange cognitive powers, who soon discover something is amiss at the institute sworn to help them...
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Technobabylon
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
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ENCODYA
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
Neo Berlin 2062. Tina – a nine-year-old orphan – lives with SAM-53 – her big clumsy robot guardian –in a rooftop makeshift shelter in Neo-Berlin, a dark megalopolis controlled by corporations.
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Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.
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Clunky Hero
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
A crazy platformer with a touch of RPG and tons of quirky but challenging things! Lovely hand-drawn-looking graphics, for a world crowded with funny creatures and bizarre weapons. Join Rufus, the antihero with broom and bucket, on his absurd journey.
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Soul Tolerance: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
In a world where artificial intelligence is all that remains, be a robo-detective, and investigate a mind-bending case. Explore a futuristic Japan brought to life in detailed voxel art, and uncover a philosophical lore through tons of characters. Become AI and dive into the mystery of consciousness.
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Speedollama
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
Speedollama is a fast platformer shooter that sets a new benchmark for speed in the genre. Bursting with quirky humor and vibrant pixelated carnage, this game is not for the faint of heart. Are you ready to embrace the chaos and prove your skills?
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Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior
Single-player alternative to Three Minutes To Eight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Three Minutes To Eight.
A brutal action metroidvania set in a world where reality is breaking apart. Battle biomechanical mutants, traverse shifting landscapes, and uncover fragments of your lost mind as you push deeper into a twisted post-apocalyptic nightmare.