Single-player games like The Citizen
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Citizen, 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 CORRIDOR
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Citizen.
THE CORRIDOR is a 20-30 minute experience about the relationship between player and game.
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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Citizen.
There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Citizen.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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Trolley Problem, Inc.
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Citizen.
Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.
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SHUT IN
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Citizen.
SHUT IN is a dark comedy/psychological horror adventure game which explores depression and isolation by trapping you inside your own house. Explore a hostile home, solve puzzles, and withstand sarcasm from a rude and unreliable narrator. Idiot.
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CUCKOLD SIMULATOR: Life as a Beta Male Cuck
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Citizen.
CUCKOLD SIMULATOR, the exciting new game where you play as Cuckold (that is his name) in his day-to-day life. Work hard, give all your money to the bull, and be verbally abused by your fat wife.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Citizen.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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Negative Nancy
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Citizen.
Negative Nancy is a choose your “no” adventure for people who have had enough. An interactive sitcom where you can only say “no” (or nothing at all). Your choices control the story.
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Gamble With Your Friends
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Citizen.
An online 1-6 player co-op "casino crawler" where you and your friends share one bank account and one massive debt. Gamble, buy sketchy items, make terrible decisions, and climb an ominous casino tower to hit your loan shark’s daily quota in 5 minutes - or face the consequences.
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Agent in Depth
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Citizen.
Agent in Depth is a daring action-platformer featuring fast-paced action and instant-death combat. You’ll run, jump, aim, and deflect bullets with your katana to blow up your enemies. No checkpoints, no upgrades: just pure skills. Deflect, die, learn, repeat. Be better, be faster.
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Rain Runner
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Citizen.
Rain Runner is a short, blood-pumping speedrunning FPS where you ditch your keyboard and only use your mouse! You’ll run constantly where you look, shoot targets and dash through challenging platforms. No checkpoints, no pauses: beat it in one sitting! Run, die, learn, repeat. Be better, be faster.
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Mini Zen Garden
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Citizen.
Create your own mini zen garden in this calming sandbox game. Decorate your beautiful garden with a minimalistic set of objects. Share your garden with others, sit back, and relieve your day’s stress.
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BANAN'EM UP!
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Citizen.
BANAN'EM UP! is a tiny challenging arcade shoot’em up where you shoot down quirky aliens to save your planet. Evade bullets, shoot enemies, get upgrades, survive for challenging waves to defeat the final boss, "The MONKE". Die, learn, repeat: get stronger, be powerful!
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JAZZ OUT
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Citizen.
JAZZ OUT is a blood-pumping speedrunning FPS platformer where you use enemies as platforms! Punch guards into the air then jump off their heads to gain momentum. Chain gravity-defying combos, master unique moves, and race against time. Perfect your escape and top the global leaderboard!
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CrimSaw
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Citizen.
RIP. THEIR. HEADS. OFF. CrimSaw is a small, fast-paced, and deadly arena FPS with a ‘spin’. You can’t jump and only armed with a badass weapon. Charge, launch and recall your sawblade to slice up endless hordes of demons into pieces. Survive as long as you can and climb up the global leaderboard!
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Little Wings Deliveries
Single-player alternative to The Citizen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Citizen.
Embark on a short, playful adventure in your cozy flying boat and sail through fluffy clouds. Discover floating islands and befriend their quirky citizens. Jump, roll, climb, and skate through Cloudburg as Skye faces her biggest obstacle on her way to the Royal Postal Academy!