Single-player games like despelote
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to despelote, 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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Many Nights a Whisper
Single-player alternative to despelote — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure, and expectations. Take part in an ancient ritual where one shot determines the fate of a generation.
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Wednesdays
Single-player alternative to despelote — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
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Goodnight Universe
Single-player alternative to despelote — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with despelote.
From the creators of Before Your Eyes — You are Isaac, a 6-month-old baby, developing mysterious psychic powers. What you want most is to be loved and accepted by your family, but a secretive tech corporation wants you for their own.
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The Berlin Apartment
Single-player alternative to despelote — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with despelote.
One apartment, many stories: Witness turning points in the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment in Berlin over the course of a whole century.
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Deer & Boy
Single-player alternative to despelote — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with despelote.
In this poetic cinematic platformer, a runaway boy meets a fawn. As their bond grows, so do their abilities and the emotional weight of their journey, where silence speaks louder than words.
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Last Time I Saw You
Single-player alternative to despelote — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with despelote.
First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.
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The Midnight Walk
Single-player alternative to despelote — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with despelote.
Follow The Midnight Walk in a dark adventure from the minds behind Lost in Random. Befriend a lost lantern creature and light your way through a world of wonder and terror. Outsmart monsters and marvel at details in a landscape handcrafted with real clay and animated in a stop motion style.
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SEASON: A letter to the future
Single-player alternative to despelote — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with despelote.
Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.
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Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
Single-player alternative to despelote — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with despelote.
On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?
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The Beginner's Guide
Single-player alternative to despelote — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with despelote.
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
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Thirty Flights of Loving
Single-player alternative to despelote — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with despelote.
This surprising first-person story tells the tale of a heist gone wrong. Encounter high-flying schemers, lovelorn criminals, and more stray kittens than you can shake a stick at.
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Wanderstop
Single-player alternative to despelote — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with despelote.
From the creator of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide comes Wanderstop, a narrative-centric cozy game about change and tea.
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Venba
Single-player alternative to despelote — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore South Indian food in this story about family, love, and loss.