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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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    FINIS — Steam game cover

    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.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual10.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Crisis Zone — Steam game cover

    The Crisis Zone

    Single-player alternative to Botanical Chronicle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanical Chronicle.

    The Crisis Zone is a sci-fi exploration game with elements of horror in a dramatic atmosphere. Explore this open world and find information about how you got here and how you can escape from this quarantine zone. Avoid the monsters and security drones patrolling the territory

    2023ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shelter 2 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The House — Steam game cover

    The House

    Single-player alternative to Botanical Chronicle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanical Chronicle.

    The House is a single player horror and thriller game. As a journalist, you are trapped in a house where the paranormal is on the rise. It's up to you to find photos, notes and tapes and escape the house to survive!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LOST EMBER — Steam game cover

    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.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gibbon: Beyond the Trees — Steam game cover

    Gibbon: Beyond the Trees

    Single-player alternative to Botanical Chronicle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanical Chronicle.

    Master the gibbon’s art of movement with a unique moveset that lets you swing, slide and somersault through a lush jungle canopy, and experience a free-flowing story of family and survival as you search for a home that may be lost forever.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Herdling — Steam game cover

    Herdling

    Single-player alternative to Botanical Chronicle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanical Chronicle.

    Guide a herd of mysterious creatures on a stirring and beautiful journey into the mountains… and beyond.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tree Simulator 2023 — Steam game cover

    Tree Simulator 2023

    Single-player alternative to Botanical Chronicle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanical Chronicle.

    It's exactly what it sounds like! Have you ever wanted to be a tree? Do you like odd numbers? How about multiplayer, weather, seasons and more!? Well then this is the game for you! Come on down to a place where you will never want to leaf. Relax and be the best tree you can be. 1-250 players.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →