Single-player games like Back to Hearth
Below are 13 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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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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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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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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Home is Where One Starts...
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
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Cradle
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Cradle is a sci-fi first-person-view quest designed for the player to explore the surrounding world. The story is built around the relations of the protagonist and a mechanical girl who by quirk of fate found themselves amidst the desert.
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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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Tacoma
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.
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A Mortician's Tale
Single-player alternative to Back to Hearth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Back to Hearth.
A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.
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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.