Single-player games like Absurd Story: Back Home
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Absurd Story: Back Home, 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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Edelweiss
Single-player alternative to Absurd Story: Back Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absurd Story: Back Home.
"Edelweiss" is a Japanese-inspired horror RPG that follows the journey of Ayla and her friend lost in a dense forest with no cellphone signal. In search of assistance, Ayla with her friends found to an abandoned orphanage, setting the stage for a spine-chilling horror narrative.
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Marisa's Inconceivable Journey
Single-player alternative to Absurd Story: Back Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absurd Story: Back Home.
Marisa was suddenly summoned to a different world! It seems this world was invaded by alien. But the truth isn't simple. Now Marisa is in total isolation. She must fight to survive. Can she expose the truth, save the world and Reimu, finally return to Gensokyo?
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Kill The Shadow
Single-player alternative to Absurd Story: Back Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absurd Story: Back Home.
Kill the Shadow is a detective game with multiple endings, featuring 2.5D pixel art and semi-open exploration and investigation. Play as Lucas, a former police officer, alongside a mysterious Shadow who can see the “past.” Remember—every choice you make will change the fate of countless characters!
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Boy VS Genius 贫穷少年与校园名人的生死对决
Single-player alternative to Absurd Story: Back Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Absurd Story: Back Home.
主角高村进是一个出生平凡的普通少年，家人去世，又遭遇劫匪。生无可恋的他准备前往学校的天台跳楼，结束自己的人生。当他到达天台时，遇到了站在天台边缘同样想跳楼的少女……从此，他的人生彻底地改变了……
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东方心之解束~Saving from the devil
Single-player alternative to Absurd Story: Back Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Absurd Story: Back Home.
来试试《心之解束》吧！这是一个以小恶魔和帕秋莉为主角，剧情丰富，玩法多样的“休闲类”东方同人RM游戏哦~在一次属于两人的异变中，她们的命运将会何去何从呢？ 玩家交流qq群：115601828
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MY DESTINY GIRLS
Single-player alternative to Absurd Story: Back Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Absurd Story: Back Home.
Xiao Bao opened his eyes, he was surrounded by six women. He embarked on an immersive journey of love with them. Amongst them were a gaming enthusiast, a sultry dancer, a childhood crush, a sexy doctor, an innocent schoolgirl, and a wealthy businesswoman. Who would be his true love?
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神树残响（Echoes of the Divine Tree）
Single-player alternative to Absurd Story: Back Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Absurd Story: Back Home.
"Fight with faith!" This is a traditional-style yuri-themed card RPG. Build your deck, unearth relics, forge equipment, strive to become stronger, defeat various oddities, and change the fate of the divine tree's offspring, Hecate.
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夜永 Eternal Love
Single-player alternative to Absurd Story: Back Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absurd Story: Back Home.
《夜永》是一款百合向视觉小说游戏，讲述了在前作（千面 Melancholy Love）剧情发生半年之后，聆花女子学院中破茧而出的少女们的故事。