Single-player games like Zero-Sum Heart
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Zero-Sum Heart, 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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纸上的魔法使
Single-player alternative to Zero-Sum Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Casual with Zero-Sum Heart.
莺神乐的知名作品，在Steam中高清化上架！ 与书本坠入爱河，畅游在书本与魔法的世界中吧！
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南栀 Unwavering love
Single-player alternative to Zero-Sum Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zero-Sum Heart.
《南栀》是一款百合向视觉小说游戏，讲述了在前作（夜永 Eternal Love）剧情发生一年半之后，聆花女子学院中的少女们成长的故事。
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Demonheart: The Ice Demon
Single-player alternative to Zero-Sum Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Zero-Sum Heart.
Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?
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BeYourCat
Single-player alternative to Zero-Sum Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Zero-Sum Heart.
"Be Your Cat " is a real love game,like an experience in life, one interesting dream. We all wish we had superpowers, but what would you do if one day you had superpowers, but not like Superman? What will you do with your limited abilities? How does it affect and change the people around you?
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Love Begins With Goodbye
Single-player alternative to Zero-Sum Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Zero-Sum Heart.
As a male exchange student at Norway's University of Bergen, you live with three girls: Chinese student Luo Xue'er, mysterious landlady Laya, and Inora, a Norwegian learning Chinese. Weave your love story with them over six months, starting from a "goodbye."
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风信楼
Single-player alternative to Zero-Sum Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zero-Sum Heart.
昏君误国，怨声载道，无数野心家暗起反心。在京城一家青楼的掩饰下，你培养手下、积攒钱财、收集情报、建立人脉，等待兵变夺权的最好时机……《风信楼》是一部拥有海量选项和丰富剧情的高自由度养成游戏——百种不同结局，尽在你的选择之中。
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The Journey - Episode 1: Whatever This Is
Single-player alternative to Zero-Sum Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Zero-Sum Heart.
The first step that you never knew you needed to take to get to wherever you're wanting to go...
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Life is Strange: True Colors
Single-player alternative to Zero-Sum Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zero-Sum Heart.
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
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Dance of Theseus
Single-player alternative to Zero-Sum Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zero-Sum Heart.
A dress-up life sim set in the dark fantasy world of monster ballrooms. Mix & match body parts and win over picky judges as you put yourself together (literally). Climb up the ballroom rankings and create hundreds of glamorous & monstrous body parts. Fit in. Stand out. Make friends. Fall in love.