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Single-player games like Pet

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pet, 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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    Start Running — Steam game cover

    Start Running

    Single-player alternative to Pet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Pet.

    A horror point and click game where choices matter about trying to do your final marathon training run.

    2024AdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Not It: Spookiest Edition — Steam game cover

    Not It: Spookiest Edition

    Single-player alternative to Pet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Pet.

    Not It: Spookiest Edition is a horror-filled visual novel full of suspense and mystery where you navigate Katie through a living nightmare. Her move-in day on Halloween throws her into a centuries-old curse. Can she make it through the night? Will her new neighbors perish? Decide their fate.

    2021IndieCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  3. 3
    The Horrorscope: Fatal Awakening — Steam game cover

    The Horrorscope: Fatal Awakening

    Single-player alternative to Pet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Pet.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPGCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monsters of Little Haven — Steam game cover

    Monsters of Little Haven

    Single-player alternative to Pet — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.

    2019IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature — Steam game cover

    The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature

    Single-player alternative to Pet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Pet.

    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?

    2019IndieAdventureCasual15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sigh of the Abyss — Steam game cover

    Sigh of the Abyss

    Single-player alternative to Pet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Pet.

    Embrace the monster within in this dark fantasy visual novel with inclusive romances. Befriend charming allies, defy bitter rivals, fall in love. Your choices will save or condemn mortals, shaping the fate of a city as beautiful as it is cruel.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG13.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Sin — Steam game cover

    The Sin

    Single-player alternative to Pet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Pet.

    The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair

    2021IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    One Night Stand — Steam game cover

    One Night Stand

    Single-player alternative to Pet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Pet.

    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?

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →