Single-player games like Young Hearts
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Young Hearts, 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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Moth Cry
Single-player alternative to Young Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Young Hearts.
Moth Cry is a non-linear visual novel about life and its consequences. Experience life alongside the main character. His fate is in your hands.
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Venus: Improbable Dream
Single-player alternative to Young Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Young Hearts.
Born with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again.
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From Beyond
Single-player alternative to Young Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Young Hearts.
From Beyond is a game about a man being transported into a different world after being stabbed. Will he find happiness and hope in a world filled with despair? Will he piece the puzzle pieces together and uncover the mystery of his newfound colorblindness? That's up to you... Or is it?
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Sophistry - Love & Despair
Single-player alternative to Young Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Young Hearts.
How far will you go to fulfil Cherryl's dream before this one turns into a nightmare? All the choices you make will matter and carry over across the various episodes.
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Soul Light
Single-player alternative to Young Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Young Hearts.
Kaya is a simple herbalist who denies her magic. But her native forest began to die, and only she can save it. A fellow tribe named Hary and an unfamiliar witch Anna, who is pursuing her goals will help her in this. Will Kaya be able to save the forest and not die on her own?
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WTC : Recruitment Day
Single-player alternative to Young Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Young Hearts.
After Grendel Jinx is mugged, she chases after the thief, determined to retrieve her possessions - and also recruit the person responsible
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Bride Of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Young Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Young Hearts.
Maria's plans for the future are completely ruined, as her parents unexpectedly marry her off. But an unwanted marriage is not the worst thing that awaits Maria, and her own life is at risk.
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Welcome to the Sharehouse! ~ domestic life with three cute girls~
Single-player alternative to Young Hearts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Young Hearts.
Your story of living in a sharehouse with three beautiful girls!