Single-player games like The Mildew Children
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Mildew Children, 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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The Mildew Children: Chapter 1
Single-player alternative to The Mildew Children — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mildew Children.
Featuring a blend of 2D adventure and visual novel. Chapter 1 is the very beginning of the grim tale about a village inhabited only by children who follow savage pagan traditions. A young witch Kyrphel, along with her sisters, are bound to perform a macabre Ritual in order to save their village.
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to The Mildew Children — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mildew Children.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
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outside the door
Single-player alternative to The Mildew Children — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
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Pathologic 3
Single-player alternative to The Mildew Children — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mildew Children.
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.
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Sister Ray
Single-player alternative to The Mildew Children — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mildew Children.
2D RPG about the brutal daily life of Ray - an artist struggling with addiction, who takes care of her little sister. Look after your condition - no one should know about the addiction. Improve your skills, sell paintings, do everything to ease the withdrawal. Survive and look for a way out.
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Siren's Call: Escape Velocity
Single-player alternative to The Mildew Children — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mildew Children.
The definitive edition of the fan-favorite visual novel is here! A surreal, coming-of-age tale set in early 2010s Central Florida, Siren's Call is the small town you swore you'd always leave. Something inside you knows this is your last chance. Will you reach escape velocity?
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to The Mildew Children — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mildew Children.
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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INDIKA
Single-player alternative to The Mildew Children — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mildew Children.
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
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The Cat Lady
Single-player alternative to The Mildew Children — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mildew Children.
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
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Yes, Your Grace
Single-player alternative to The Mildew Children — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Mildew Children.
These are troubling times, Your Grace. The petitioners’ petty matters exceed our limited resources, to say nothing of the war. A careful balance must be struck. Your throne awaits.