Single-player games like Dread Weight
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dread Weight, 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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Blood Lily Cthulhu Mythos
Single-player alternative to Dread Weight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Weight.
A cultville horror dating sim. A girl from an occult club visits a remote village, where she encounters a local girl for whom she develops an indistinct attraction. But the giddiness cannot last long, as an ancient cult ritual threatens to draw them into its unspeakable abyss.
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Truth Scrapper
Single-player alternative to Dread Weight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Weight.
You have a case to solve, your memories reset each day, and two mysterious guides are vying for your attention– who will you decide to remember, and who will you decide to push aside…?
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I Can Never Love Another
Single-player alternative to Dread Weight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Weight.
A realistic visual novel based on a true story. As a lawyer trying to save a rock singer from her toxic family, you uncover the suffocating truth of "Codependency." Will you leave, sink into the abyss, or g◼︎ai◻︎n the c#our%ag◼︎e to f◼︎ac◻︎e the p#ai%n? Your choices decide.
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The seven days i spent with you
Single-player alternative to Dread Weight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Weight.
With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room.
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We Know the Devil
Single-player alternative to Dread Weight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Weight.
WE KNOW THE DEVIL is a visual novel about teens reluctantly fighting the devil at summer camp. Follow meangirl Neptune, tomboy Jupiter, and shy shy Venus as they get to know each other--but one always gets left out.
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Made Marion
Single-player alternative to Dread Weight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Weight.
A romantic action-adventure visual novel based on Robin Hood lore. Play as Lady Marion and choose what kind of leader and lover you want to become. Join Robin's rowdy rebels in Sherwood or tackle the political pitfalls of the Sheriff's Nottingham. Fight for freedom and fall in love!
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Cooking Companions
Single-player alternative to Dread Weight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread Weight.
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
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Amnesia™: Memories
Single-player alternative to Dread Weight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dread Weight.
You awaken to find your memories gone. To learn the truth behind your amnesia, you’ll choose from five romantic paths, each its own world. With 20+ endings, can you write the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love and life come to an end?
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Cooking Companions: Appetizer Edition
Single-player alternative to Dread Weight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Dread Weight.
Cabbage and the Chompettes want to play hide and seek! Can you find all five of them?