Single-player games like The Yawhg
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Yawhg, 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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Roadwarden
Single-player alternative to The Yawhg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Yawhg.
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
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Cabernet
Single-player alternative to The Yawhg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Yawhg.
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Single-player alternative to The Yawhg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Yawhg.
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
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Solstice
Single-player alternative to The Yawhg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Yawhg.
Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
Single-player alternative to The Yawhg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Yawhg.
Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
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THE LONGING
Single-player alternative to The Yawhg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Yawhg.
An unusual mix of adventure and idle game. In utter loneliness deep below the surface, it's your task to wait for the awakening of your king... for 400 days.
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Monster Loves You!
Single-player alternative to The Yawhg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Yawhg.
Live the life of a Monster, from birth to elderhood and beyond, making decisions that affect the world of Monsters and Humans. Solve problems. Meet animals and interesting people. Get to know them. Eat them. Make your own story!
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Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
Single-player alternative to The Yawhg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Yawhg.
Survive the mystery that awaits the JFS Gun-Dog in deep space in this retro visual novel / graphic adventure.
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Monster Prom
Single-player alternative to The Yawhg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Yawhg.
You have 3 weeks to get a date for Monster Prom! Go through absurd and funny situations, raise your stats and seduce one of your classmates. Beautiful art, bold, unapologetic dialogue and hard choices make up this Multiplayer (1-4 players) Dating Sim. Be your worst self.