Single-player games like The Shadow Over Cyberspace
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Shadow Over Cyberspace, 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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Ichth.ys
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Over Cyberspace — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Ichth.ys is a visual novel with turn-based combat where your choices affect the story! You follow Fraser, a hacker who was recently expelled from university, in a tale of mystery, deception, censorship, freedom, and board game cafes!
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Hello Girl
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Over Cyberspace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Have you ever felt like a rabbit with a telephone? Hello Girl is a thrilling kinetic visual novel about connection and disconnection, set during a time of great uncertainty.
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Lovely Lady RPG
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Over Cyberspace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Lovely Lady RPG is a visual novel about wandering around and just sort of seeing what life has in store for you. After waking up with a hole in her ceiling, a cosmic space Orb embedded in her chest and no recollection of basically anything, Ghost sets out to continue her life as best she can.
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Made Marion
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Over Cyberspace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
A romantic action-adventure visual novel based on Robin Hood lore. Play as Lady Marion and choose what kind of leader and lover you want to become. Join Robin's rowdy rebels in Sherwood or tackle the political pitfalls of the Sheriff's Nottingham. Fight for freedom and fall in love!
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Observer: System Redux
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Over Cyberspace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
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Life Eater
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Over Cyberspace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
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Athanasy
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Over Cyberspace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
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Home Safety Hotline
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Over Cyberspace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Over Cyberspace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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Arcade Spirits
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Over Cyberspace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?
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Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Over Cyberspace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
A comic book adventure of freelance supervillainy, petting cats, and/or destroying capitalism in which your choices determine success in a series of daring heists and capers.
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Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
Single-player alternative to The Shadow Over Cyberspace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Shadow Over Cyberspace.
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!