Single-player games like Depression Quest
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Depression Quest, 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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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Single-player alternative to Depression Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Depression Quest.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Actual Sunlight
Single-player alternative to Depression Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Depression Quest.
A short interactive story about love, depression and the corporation.
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The Dark Queen of Mortholme
Single-player alternative to Depression Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Depression Quest.
You are the final boss, the Dark Queen of Mortholme, unrivaled in power. A hero invades and is easily crushed. Yet, they keep returning. A short-form indie game about an unusual bond, perspectives, and the beauty of change.
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Emily is Away
Single-player alternative to Depression Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Depression Quest.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
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TOMORROW DON'T COME - Puzzling Depression
Single-player alternative to Depression Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Depression Quest.
TOMORROW DON'T COME is a contextual puzzle game about depression and how it feels to be stuck.
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Wednesdays
Single-player alternative to Depression Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Depression Quest.
"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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The NOexistenceN of you AND me
Single-player alternative to Depression Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Depression Quest.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
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I Saw Black Clouds
Single-player alternative to Depression Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.