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Single-player games like Aliya: Timelink

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Aliya: Timelink, 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 Dawn is Inevitable — Steam game cover

    The Dawn is Inevitable

    Single-player alternative to Aliya: Timelink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Aliya: Timelink.

    The Dawn is Inevitable is an interactive crime drama/neo-western novel inspired by classic RPG games. A mysterious stranger is forced to hide in a village called Rassvet. This place is isolated from the outside world for the whole winter and keeps many dark secrets.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Wind from the East — Steam game cover

    The Wind from the East

    Single-player alternative to Aliya: Timelink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Aliya: Timelink.

    A hand-drawn school visual novel. In 2004, five students handed in a blue-cloth folder; it came back with the last page cut out. Twenty-two years later you sift the archives - race sheets, carbon copies, loan dates - to find those five and decide whose ending gets put back. Nine endings.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Insomnia Club — Steam game cover

    Insomnia Club

    Single-player alternative to Aliya: Timelink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Aliya: Timelink.

    A dark visual novel. By day, you monetize insomniacs’ pain and privacy. By night, you seek help in a real insomnia club, only to find those you treated as collateral sitting beside you. The closer you get, the harder it is to tell whether you’re protecting them—or turning them into better products.

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Стены — Steam game cover

    Стены

    Single-player alternative to Aliya: Timelink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Aliya: Timelink.

    Slava is an ordinary guy living in a shabby socket. Well, like living, existing. He has lost all his dreams, and now he has one task - not to live until dawn. But before that you need to write a will...

    2023IndieRPG0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    机忆 — Steam game cover

    机忆

    Single-player alternative to Aliya: Timelink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Aliya: Timelink.

    "Master, what's the difference between humans and robots you find?" I hope someday you will be knocked on the door by the lovely maid robot and give the answer to this question.

    2020IndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Last Days — Steam game cover

    Last Days

    Single-player alternative to Aliya: Timelink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Aliya: Timelink.

    The gods have blessed New Canaan for four hundred years, and everyone - including Sister Ginsetsu - thought it would go on forever, until the day Ginsetsu met the gods of New Canaan. Since then, the story between the maiden who calls herself a god, and the maiden who will become a god has begun.

    2021IndieRPGCasual1.59 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division — Steam game cover

    Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division

    Single-player alternative to Aliya: Timelink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Aliya: Timelink.

    Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary factions while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt throughout the galaxy.

    IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    StorySmith — Steam game cover

    StorySmith

    Single-player alternative to Aliya: Timelink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Aliya: Timelink.

    A live collaborative story game for you and your Twitch chat. AI generates each scene on your machine — no internet required. Chat votes, you narrate, together you write the story.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pop Party — Steam game cover

    Pop Party

    Single-player alternative to Aliya: Timelink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Aliya: Timelink.

    Pop Party is a multiplayer party party game. Players play as critters using their bodies and basketballs to try and knock players from other teams out of the field and emerge victorious in a variety of game modes!

    IndieRPGCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Relic Light — Steam game cover

    Relic Light

    Single-player alternative to Aliya: Timelink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Aliya: Timelink.

    A pixel-art 2D puzzle platformer with Metroidvania exploration. Join starfarer girl Ling Ao'ao as she meets AI girl ALICE in the ruins of humanity at the universe's end. Befriend companions, gather abilities, solve intricate contraptions, and uncover the cosmos's truth.

    IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sin Hunter — Steam game cover

    Sin Hunter

    Single-player alternative to Aliya: Timelink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Aliya: Timelink.

    A real-time deckbuilding roguelike card game with no mana cost or hand size limit! Join Hell Company as a Sin Hunter, meet four distinct demon girls, build affection through dialogue, and fight alongside them with various weapons to destroy the sins fallen into the abyss!

    StrategyIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aliya: Timelink2 Dawn — Steam game cover

    Aliya: Timelink2 Dawn

    Single-player alternative to Aliya: Timelink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Aliya: Timelink.

    A truth spanning time—connect with Aliya and meet diverse characters from 1,000 years later. In this real-time synchronized adventure, help her escape the Courtyard and team up to uncover the massive corporation’s hidden secrets...

    2026AdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →