Single-player games like Holy Deadline
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Holy Deadline, 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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Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
Single-player alternative to Holy Deadline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holy Deadline.
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
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The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
Single-player alternative to Holy Deadline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holy Deadline.
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
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We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe
Single-player alternative to Holy Deadline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holy Deadline.
‘We. The Refugees: Ticket to Europe’ is a socially engaged, text-based RPG about a journalist looking for his big break by uncovering the plights of refugees travelling from Africa to Europe. It is a story inspired by true events.
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Death Trick: Double Blind
Single-player alternative to Holy Deadline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holy Deadline.
The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.
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Tron: Identity
Single-player alternative to Holy Deadline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holy Deadline.
Something has been taken. Enter a new Grid and forge alliances via visual novel gameplay, uncovering truths through Identity Disc puzzles. Make critical decisions and plot your own course in a world without a creator.
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One Night Stand
Single-player alternative to Holy Deadline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holy Deadline.
After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?
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The Jewel of Monostructure
Single-player alternative to Holy Deadline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Holy Deadline.
Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.
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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to Holy Deadline — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Holy Deadline.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.