Single-player games like Back to Hearth
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Back to Hearth, 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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Morgan: Metal Detective
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A cozy, first person metal detector adventure game, where you reunite residents of the beautiful Cornish island of Glasden with things they have lost. And with your late Grandpa's help, maybe restore magic along the way.
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Olga - Episode 1
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Back to Hearth.
Olga is a spooky cozy, first-person linear mystery game set in a Slavic inspired mountain village, where you relive Olga's childhood memories as she visits her grandparents' home in Belovodica and uncovers its dark secrets.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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Fewer Mornings
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Back to Hearth.
Fewer Mornings is a short first-person game about a morning routine. Make breakfast, clean up, walk the dog, leave by eight. Four mornings in one apartment, each set years after the last. Work out who lives there from what's in the drawers.
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Sunset
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Back to Hearth.
It's 1972 and a military coup has rocked Anchuria. You, Angela Burnes, are trapped in the metropolitan capital of San Bavón. Your paradise has turned into a warzone. You take up a job as a housekeeper. Every week, an hour before sunset, you clean the swanky bachelor pad of the wealthy Gabriel Ortega.
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Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Back to Hearth.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
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Silence
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Can you save Silence, the grim, but also serene world between life and death? Can you help Noah find his little sister Renie in this suffering world? Can you bring her home? Explore Silence and join the siblings on their adventurous journey.
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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl tells a story about survival in the Zone – a very dangerous place, where you fear not only the radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, but other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes.
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The Long Dark
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
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Stalker
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Back to Hearth.
The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.
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Blessed Burden
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Begin your journey as a frail, armless priest and grow stronger through sacred relics. With no weapons but your speed, skill and faith, rise to become a true warrior of God - and face the Devil himself.
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Museum of Monoliths
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A slow burn walking sim with an interactive soundtrack and horror vibes. You explore abstract locations and create your own unique sound for each of them by moving around and using Monoliths.
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Dread Fields
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You bought an isolated farm to start a new life. Your peaceful routine is shattered when the former owner's terrible secrets rise from beneath the ground. A slow-burn rural horror.
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I Hear the Forest
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A slow-burn folk horror. You play as a forest ranger who finds himself surrounded by talking trees, flying witches' heads, and cursed dryads. You'll be very lucky if you make it out of the forest alive.
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Job Burnout
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Psychological horror game about your lovely work. Absurd humor, incompetent management, pointless tasks, weird coworkers, and monsters that show up in the office after the workday ends.