Single-player games like Journal
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Journal, 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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Solis
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Journal.
Solis a hand drawn adventure. The city of Solis never sleeps — and tonight, neither will you. Elixer, the company you've dedicated yourself to, has gathered its people for an end-of-year celebration with a staggering promise at its heart: eternal life.
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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Journal.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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One Night Stand
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Journal.
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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Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Journal.
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
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Pine: A Story of Loss
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Journal.
Alone in the forest glade he shared with his wife, a woodworker struggles to accept her passing. Help him hold on to cherished memories of their life together as he struggles to care for himself and his now empty home. Pine is a single-serving game focused on telling a beautiful, emotional tale.
- 6
A Mortician's Tale
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Journal.
A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.
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OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Journal.
Echo of Starsong is a visual novel style adventure game. Eda, a girl who can hear mysterious sound waves known as starsong, crosses paths with a young man in search of their source. Together, they venture out to the heart of space to unravel an ancient myth.
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Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Journal.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
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the white chamber
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Journal.
Sci-fi horror anime point and click adventure game. Guide a young woman through a nightmarish space station as she tries to uncover why she's there and how she can escape.
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To the Moon
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Journal.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
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Life is Strange Remastered
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Journal.
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
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Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
"I have many things to tell you and very little time… I come from a universe parallel to yours. My world is desperately in need of your help. Only YOU can save us."Responding to the desperate pleas of a mysterious character from another dimension, your soul must enter the dark and futuristic city of Omikron.
- 13
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Journal.
The last game in the episodic Sam & Max trilogy, beautifully remastered! As the intergalactic villains who seek the Devil’s Toybox close in and Max’s psychic abilities grow beyond his control, the Freelance Police will come up against their most frightening adversary yet: the power of Max’s mind.
- 14
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Journal.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
- 15
Close Your Eyes
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Journal.
An anthology of 7 horror tales within a connected universe. Join a murderous marshmallow bound by their past down an atmospheric descent, brought into question by an odd game show host. Follow a Witch trying to seduce her love with sweet things. Plus 5 other surprisingly twisted yet emotional tales.
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Kairo
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Journal.
Enter the lost world of Kairo. Explore vast abandoned monuments. Bring strange and ancient machinery back to life. Slowly uncover the true purpose of Kairo and fulfil a great destiny.Kairo is an atmospheric 3D exploration and puzzle solving game.
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Cosplay Maker
Single-player alternative to Journal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Journal.
A cosplay management and dating simulation.