Single-player games like The 257th Element
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The 257th Element, 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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MATCH APP!
Single-player alternative to The 257th Element — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The 257th Element.
MATCH APP! is a visual novel game based on a Japanese dating app. Players take on the role of the protagonist and experience a story of new encounters through the dating app.
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Beginning of the Rain
Single-player alternative to The 257th Element — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The 257th Element.
"Beginning of the Rain" is a Visual Novel Simulation Game based on colorful illustrations and rich OSTs. It tells you the stories about many thing you can feel only as a student.
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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
Single-player alternative to The 257th Element — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The 257th Element.
Immerse yourself in a dramatic yet charming and witty world of evidence-gathering, deduction and courtroom battles with this double-pack of the adventures of rookie lawyer Ryunosuke.
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なつ♡カノ SUMMER GIRLFRIEND
Single-player alternative to The 257th Element — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The 257th Element.
Can the overly insensitive Yuichi find a girlfriend this summer!?
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まいにち男女入れ替わり生活！？ ～My Body Your Body～
Single-player alternative to The 257th Element — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The 257th Element.
A guy and his 3 female friends have fallen under a curse where they swap bodies every day! Will the day really come when they can return to their original bodies?
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Coffee flavor of love 咖啡甜恋
Single-player alternative to The 257th Element — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The 257th Element.
Sweet love begins in the coffee shop. Office romances of coffee shop employees. This is a visual novel game with two endings.
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Trap Yuri Garden
Single-player alternative to The 257th Element — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The 257th Element.
Traps in motion at long last! Trap series creators Aogiri Penta and Nishida Hajime bring us another exciting title, a cross-dressing yuri love story that will shatter its readers sense of values into a thousand pieces!
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Saving Mrs. Hinako
Single-player alternative to The 257th Element — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The 257th Element.
In this visual novel by Studio Pork, make a strong-willed yet acquiescent, pure-hearted but rebellious housewife fall in love with you!
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Huusuienbu - Chapter spring and Summer
Single-player alternative to The 257th Element — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The 257th Element.
RTS+TD+ADV You can enjoy real time strategy battle and adventure mode with simple operation.
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Fate of WINDSHIFT
Single-player alternative to The 257th Element — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The 257th Element.
Fate of Windshift is a Turn-Based J-RPG where you Play as Onikirimaru, the matoi Style swordsman. Go on a quest to save the Country of Wind from the dark forces that threatens the peace of the kingdom, Make friends and fight alongside them, Enjoy over 100 abilities to defeat your foes.