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Single-player games like Jolly Roger

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Jolly Roger, 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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    When Two Roses Collide — Steam game cover

    When Two Roses Collide

    Single-player alternative to Jolly Roger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Jolly Roger.

    A BL visual novel set during the War of the Roses. Will love prevail over honour?

    2027IndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lurkers — Steam game cover

    Lurkers

    Single-player alternative to Jolly Roger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Jolly Roger.

    Chasing Jack the Ripper! A BL/ Yaoi Visual Novel

    2020IndieCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Work Your Mechanical Magic — Steam game cover

    Work Your Mechanical Magic

    Single-player alternative to Jolly Roger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Jolly Roger.

    You are a robot, newly upgraded to feel strange human emotion. Will you stay a cog in the machine? Or find love in your fellow women? A brand-new lesbian dating sim!

    IndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Northanger Abbey — Steam game cover

    Northanger Abbey

    Single-player alternative to Jolly Roger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Jolly Roger.

    Play Jane Austen's classic satirical romance as a visual novel. You're young, new to Bath, and ready for adventure. Choose your gender, choose your path, and discover the secrets of Northanger Abbey.

    2026IndieRPGCasual5.94 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ravens Imaginary Friends — Steam game cover

    Ravens Imaginary Friends

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

    A Yuri Visual Novel about a girl named Raven who wakes up after an accident to a life changing surprise. Her imaginary friends from when she was little have appeared in the real world and are deeply in love with her! Now she has to make a tough choice to fix this complicated love triangle.

    2027AdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Lady with the Dog — Steam game cover

    The Lady with the Dog

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

    Chekhov's quiet masterpiece becomes a cinematic visual novel about longing, choice, and the impossible shape of an honest life.

    2026AdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Daring Academy — Steam game cover

    Daring Academy

    Single-player alternative to Jolly Roger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Jolly Roger.

    Escape your painful past and start a new life in the futuristic city of Olis with your childhood best friend, Amelia Sweet, and your younger sister, Isabella Lullena. As college life begins, will your lifelong bond with Millie blossom into romance, or remain only friendship in Daring Academy?

    IndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Under Heaven Or Hell — Steam game cover

    Under Heaven Or Hell

    Single-player alternative to Jolly Roger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Jolly Roger.

    Under Heaven Or Hell is a Dark Romance Visual Novel where love, danger, and temptation intertwine. Step into Hell and navigate a world of deadly intrigues, alluring devils and a mysterious angel. Each decision carries weight, shaping your fate, desire and the hearts bound to it.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    My Burning Heart — Steam game cover

    My Burning Heart

    Single-player alternative to Jolly Roger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Jolly Roger.

    My Burning Heart is an erotic Yaoi BL Visual Novel set in a 1001 Nights world.

    2019IndieCasual15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chasing the Stars — Steam game cover

    Chasing the Stars

    Single-player alternative to Jolly Roger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Jolly Roger.

    Chasing the Stars is a steampunk-ish multichoice BL Visual Novel. Tirs is a workaholic, determined young man with a dream: going to space. Will he achieve his goal while dealing with college life, the academic research community and its begrudged, and his awful love life?

    2019Indie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Night and Day — Steam game cover

    Night and Day

    Single-player alternative to Jolly Roger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Jolly Roger.

    Night and Day is a BL dating sim Visual Novel about art, coming of age and jazz music.

    2022IndieCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deep in the Forest — Steam game cover

    Deep in the Forest

    Single-player alternative to Jolly Roger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Jolly Roger.

    A medieval fantasy BL Visual Novel in English and Spanish, Demo available

    IndieFree To PlayCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Exes Assault!! — Steam game cover

    Exes Assault!!

    Single-player alternative to Jolly Roger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Jolly Roger.

    A BL Bara Romantic Comedy Visual Novel

    2025Indie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →