Single-player games like Botanical Chronicle
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Botanical Chronicle, 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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TEKNOKRAT
Single-player alternative to Botanical Chronicle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanical Chronicle.
Enter the city of Nu-Vika as a cyborg repairman in TEKNOKRAT, a thriller romance visual novel. There's a conspiracy brewing beneath this techno-metropolis, and you find yourself an unwilling participant. You will meet three clients, cyborgs with secrets and aspirations of their own.
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Twilight Protocol
Single-player alternative to Botanical Chronicle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Botanical Chronicle.
Twilight Protocol is an atmospheric detective horror about an employee who becomes trapped in a corporate mystery. Explore the city, gather clues, talk to locals and colleagues, and uncover the truth hidden beneath the surface.
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FINIS
Single-player alternative to Botanical Chronicle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanical Chronicle.
FINIS is a puzzle game with a difference, we create a psychological evaluation based on your choices. Each universe offers a different experience, terror, calm, destruction, war, progress... You can choose between 8 completely different paths and each path will take you to a unique ending.
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Ancestral Harvest
Single-player alternative to Botanical Chronicle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanical Chronicle.
A shaman-child wanders through a world destroyed by mankind, seeking a cure for his eternal wound. With the aid of a mystical drum, he must connect with a withering planet and purge the evil that controls humanity.
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Shelter 2
Single-player alternative to Botanical Chronicle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanical Chronicle.
As a powerful Lynx, you will make your way through vast open landscapes. In the harsh tundra, you will raise and strengthen your cubs by mastering your skills for hunting prey. Do everything you can to prepare your little ones for the vicious entities dwelling in the wilderness.
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planetarian: Snow Globe
Single-player alternative to Botanical Chronicle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Botanical Chronicle.
"planetarian: Snow Globe," the prequel to Key's sci-fi kinetic novel "planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet," is now available with binaural audio support! Enjoy the story of a companion robot and her coworkers at a planetarium, and the simple joys they find in their everyday lives.
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The Uncertain: Light At The End
Single-player alternative to Botanical Chronicle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanical Chronicle.
The Uncertain is a story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Humanity disappeared from the face of the Earth and has been replaced by robots. Together with Emily, one of the survivors, you will have to witness how people try to live in a world ruled by robots.
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LOST EMBER
Single-player alternative to Botanical Chronicle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanical Chronicle.
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.