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Single-player games like Denbora

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Denbora, 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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    Green Phoenix — Steam game cover

    Green Phoenix

    Single-player alternative to Denbora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Denbora.

    Green Phoenix is an on-rails arcade-like space shooter melted with a deep narrative experience which focuses on the concept of ego and the true meaning of freedom.

    2021SimulationCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shift Happens — Steam game cover

    Shift Happens

    Single-player alternative to Denbora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Denbora.

    Ever wanted to live out the American dream of working an abysmal 9–5 with rude management? No? Well too bad, I made a game about it anyway. Shift Happens is a first-person experience where you order stock, fill shelves, and keep the store running. The job is simple. Enjoy your shift.

    2027ActionSimulationRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sam, We Talked About This — Steam game cover

    Sam, We Talked About This

    Single-player alternative to Denbora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Denbora.

    Every sentence, image and video on the internet will feed Sam's bottomless hunger! Train your models, grow your subscribers, buy new hardware and scrape even more data, all to build a super-duper artificial intelligence and leave every rival behind.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DROWNSCROLL — Steam game cover

    DROWNSCROLL

    Single-player alternative to Denbora — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    You argue about a shitty movie, visit your father, lose your job, have a beer, and somehow end up pulled back into a conversation you can't quite walk away from. Somewhere in between, the sea appears. DROWNSCROLL is a short narrative story, about 45 minutes long.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knode: Untangle & Connect — Steam game cover

    Knode: Untangle & Connect

    Single-player alternative to Denbora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Denbora.

    Untangle real knots in fully simulated cables and connect them to the right racks in a first-person physics puzzle on a mysterious ocean platform. A suspiciously friendly AI comments on everything you do...

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gravity Break — Steam game cover

    Gravity Break

    Single-player alternative to Denbora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Denbora.

    Take a break from gravity. Flourish in a dangerous solar system, where psychotic apes from Mars are raiding the Earth for resources. Accelerate interplanetary economy by riding a rocket in simulated physics. Find your resonance between planetary movements and accelerating competitive cheese trade.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie13.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Version Control — Steam game cover

    Version Control

    Single-player alternative to Denbora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Denbora.

    Version Control is an Experimental Physics Narrative VR Adventure. Test new gimmicks to assist the creation of the most “definitive” VR experience. Each level features a whole new genre to explore in a fully physics-based VR environment.

    AdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Trolley Problem, Inc. — Steam game cover

    Trolley Problem, Inc.

    Single-player alternative to Denbora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Denbora.

    Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.

    2022IndieSimulationCasual10.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oblivio — Steam game cover

    Oblivio

    Single-player alternative to Denbora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Denbora.

    Your memories are fracturing. Explore an evocative story of love and loss through shifting realities. Solve puzzles to hold on to the moments that define you before they vanish forever.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →