Single-player games like Good News
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Good News, 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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Ministry of Order
Single-player alternative to Good News — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Good News.
Match babies to their parents by solving genetics puzzles. Get paid for being right, fined for mistakes. Each choice in branching dialogues has different consequences. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the gloomy 1920s totalitarian state.
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Your letter has been rejected.
Single-player alternative to Good News — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Good News.
貴殿を検閲官へと任ずる。 手紙のやり取りに問題がないか確認するように。 問題がある手紙は、決して送り届けてはならない。 我々は貴殿の働きに期待している。 我らがグルツァナに栄光あれ。
- 3
For the People
Single-player alternative to Good News — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Good News.
For the People is a mix of a political management sim and a visual novel, putting players in the shoes of an idealistic young state official tasked with shaping the future of a communist factory town. Will the party provide for the people, or are the people just cogs in its machine?..
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Beholder 2
Single-player alternative to Good News — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Good News.
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
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Sanatorium - A Mental Asylum Simulator
Single-player alternative to Good News — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Good News.
The year is 1923—step inside Castle Woods Sanatorium, where care and cruelty blur together. Disguised as a doctor, you’ll diagnose and treat patients using a deck of symptoms, tests, and outdated therapies. But tread carefully: one wrong move could expose you as an impostor.
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Beholder
Single-player alternative to Good News — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Good News.
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
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Beholder: Conductor
Single-player alternative to Good News — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Good News.
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
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1979 Revolution: Black Friday
Single-player alternative to Good News — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Good News.
1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a choice driven, narrative game that brings players into the brooding world of a nation on the verge of collapse. Play as Reza, an aspiring photojournalist, and make life and death decisions as you survive the gritty streets of Iran in the late 1970’s.