Single-player games like Relieve
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Relieve, 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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Road to Empress I
Single-player alternative to Relieve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Relieve.
You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Relieve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Relieve.
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Single-player alternative to Relieve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Relieve.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
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CLANNAD
Single-player alternative to Relieve — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
From the world renowned visual novel studio Key, the highly rated story of CLANNAD is now available on Steam! Improved visuals, achievement integration, and Dangopedia make this the best version of CLANNAD to date.
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Relieve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Relieve.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Arcadia Fallen
Single-player alternative to Relieve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Relieve.
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
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Wednesdays
Single-player alternative to Relieve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Relieve.
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
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Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday
Single-player alternative to Relieve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Relieve.
在本作中,“你”化身为即将迎来毕业季的男主顾易,在对未来的迷茫与憧憬中,你将与六位性格迥异、各具魅力的女生发生一连串的故事,她们或是鬼马少女、或是温柔甜心、猫系娇女、豆腐西施,千娇百媚、亦幻亦真,敬过往。
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Rhythm Animal Café
Single-player alternative to Relieve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Relieve.
Welcome to Rhythm Animal Café! Animals' daily chaos meets funky beats: boss hype, colleague woes, your slacking, unfair blame—all become hilarious one-tap rhythm games! Simple controls, joyful groove. Feel music fuse with daily life’s warmth!