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Single-player games like KANADE

Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to KANADE, 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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    Last Days — Steam game cover

    Last Days

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with KANADE.

    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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    The 1500 Year Old Forest Elf and My Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle — Steam game cover

    The 1500 Year Old Forest Elf and My Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with KANADE.

    1000 years ago, an alliance of humans and elves drove back the invasion of dragons. Peace was meant to return. Instead, humanity descended into endless bloodshed and tyranny. 1000 years later, the last surviving elves must defend their forests against man-made dragons forged from far deeper cruelty.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.7 — Steam game cover

    Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.7

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with KANADE.

    As daily life goes on unchanged, the girls - and Haruto - continue to sharpen their fangs. They are summoned for a mission of unprecedented scale, against the religious organization "TFA", where Enishi and Kuroe await. What kind of hellish scenes will Arisaka have to face on the battlefield?

    2020AdventureCasual12.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bloody Good Friends — Steam game cover

    Bloody Good Friends

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with KANADE.

    Explore Mirian's world in the Bloody Good Friends visual novel! Spend time at school with her friends, learn about characters, interests, future plans and dreams! Just beware of the demons of the past that won't stop chasing you!

    2024IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ — Steam game cover

    planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with KANADE.

    In time for the 10th anniversary since its original release in Japan, planetarian is an engaging and emotional visual novel from legendary game studio, Key. A sub-brand of VisualArts, Key are also famed for creating Kanon, AIR, CLANNAD, Little Busters!, Rewrite, and Angel Beats!

    2014CasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    planetarian: Snow Globe — Steam game cover

    planetarian: Snow Globe

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with KANADE.

    "planetarian: Snow Globe," the prequel to Key's sci-fi kinetic novel "planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet," is now available with binaural audio support! Enjoy the story of a companion robot and her coworkers at a planetarium, and the simple joys they find in their everyday lives.

    2025AdventureSimulationCasual3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    planetarian HD — Steam game cover

    planetarian HD

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with KANADE.

    planetarian HD is an engaging and emotional visual novel from legendary game studio, Key. A sub-brand of VISUAL ARTS, Key are also famed for creating Kanon, AIR, CLANNAD, Little Busters!, Rewrite, Angel Beats!, and Summer Pockets.

    2017AdventureSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.8 — Steam game cover

    Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.8

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with KANADE.

    At last, an all-out war is at hand. The battle against the religious organization, The Fatal Answer (TFA), has entered its final phase, with CIRS and SORD preparing to send all of their troops into TFA's stronghold.

    2022AdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LOOPERS — Steam game cover

    LOOPERS

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with KANADE.

    Tyler is a high schooler on a mission. He's going to use every minute of summer vacation to go on as many GPS-assisted scavenger hunts as possible. After running into some old friends during one of these hunts, strange things start happening: The day resets and today plays out exactly like yesterday

    2023AdventureSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stella of The End — Steam game cover

    Stella of The End

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with KANADE.

    Jude Gray, a wandering Courier, receives a request to deliver some very special cargo. This cargo turns out to be Philia, an android girl who is unaffected by the enigmatic Singularity Machines.

    2023AdventureSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GINKA — Steam game cover

    GINKA

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with KANADE.

    "Return to that summer with you..." Ryusei returns to the small island of his younger years, where time flows by gently, to spend a fairy-tale summer vacation with his childhood friend who was spirited away.

    2023AdventureCasual14.94 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ATRI -My Dear Moments- — Steam game cover

    ATRI -My Dear Moments-

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with KANADE.

    "As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for a boy and a mysterious robot girl...

    2020AdventureCasual9.44 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ISLAND — Steam game cover

    ISLAND

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with KANADE.

    Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.

    2018AdventureCasual21.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Fruit of Grisaia — Steam game cover

    The Fruit of Grisaia

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with KANADE.

    SIX FRUITS BARE THEIR FANGS AT THE WORLD. --The academy was their orchard. In this place of learning, protected by high walls from the outside world, there arrived a single young man who'd lost his purpose in life. He'd lost sight of what he wanted to protect.

    2015AdventureCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Revue Starlight El Dorado — Steam game cover

    Revue Starlight El Dorado

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with KANADE.

    The first console game of the stage-themed multi-media franchise "Revue Starlight" is on its way!

    2024Adventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1 — Steam game cover

    Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol.1

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with KANADE.

    "Grisaia: Phantom Trigger" is a visual novel, specifically a kinetic novel (without branching routes). Returning character artist Akio Watanabe and writer Ryuta Fujisaki bring you the latest installment in the acclaimed Grisaia series.

    2017AdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Leisure of Grisaia — Steam game cover

    The Leisure of Grisaia

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with KANADE.

    This side story to "The Fruit of Grisaia" is a character-driven visual novel featuring some of the same characters. This time, it's Michiru who takes the lead role in this slapstick comedy. A laugh-out-loud side story detailing the Mihama girls' school hijinks.

    2016AdventureCasual2.09 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Corona Blossom Vol.1 Gift From the Galaxy — Steam game cover

    Corona Blossom Vol.1 Gift From the Galaxy

    Single-player alternative to KANADE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with KANADE.

    Meet R-ne, a metallic organism from space in the form of a young girl. She’s taken in by Keiji and the people of Hanma town, but the maid uniform-clad, cat-eared space pirate Lily and her crew are looking to sell the valuable metal that’s R-ne. Caught up in the turmoil, can she make it back home?

    2016AdventureCasual4.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →