Single-player games like Insects Awaken
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Insects Awaken, 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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Insects Awaken Prologue
Single-player alternative to Insects Awaken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Insects Awaken.
Insects Awaken is a puzzle visual novel set in the 1940s. It follows the story of Chen Shan, a young man entangled in espionage while defending his family and homeland. He embarks on a journey between the isolated cities of Chongqing and Shanghai, braving the chaos of war with his passion and youth.
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Road to Empress I
Single-player alternative to Insects Awaken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Insects Awaken.
You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Insects Awaken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Insects Awaken.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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再见断刀
Single-player alternative to Insects Awaken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Insects Awaken.
古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中，接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查，抽丝剥茧的推理，才能定一个是非清白，还一个天理公道。 然而，在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下，似乎还有暗流涌动……
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Single-player alternative to Insects Awaken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Insects Awaken.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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Suzerain
Single-player alternative to Insects Awaken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Insects Awaken.
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
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花奴令 Huanu Poems
Single-player alternative to Insects Awaken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Insects Awaken.
Huanu Poems is a multi-ending love adventure game. As a photographer, carrying the secret of being a bloodline inheritor of HuaNu Town, you will take lovely Peach to run a B&B, encounter gentle Cloudia. Your choices will affect the direction of the story.
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Insects Awaken — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Insects Awaken.
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.