Single-player games like Julian & Friends
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Julian & Friends, 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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98xx
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
The 98xx is an old computer OS from the 90s that’s recently been discovered after many years of being lost. There are still a few working files within the OS that can be explored.
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BANNED TAPES
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
VHS found footage horror experience. You have purchased a box of VHS tapes and now you have to select those tapes on which horrifying, violent, shocking events take place.
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Cartomante – Fortune Teller
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
A branching visual novel with multiple endings about fortune telling for eccentric clients with tarot cards.
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Improbability
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
You are all assigned with investigating the backrooms and containing the anomaly. Be aware. There is a high chance of casualties, psychological damage, trauma, and frightening encounters. The safety of the United States relies on you, but what secrets could these members be hiding?
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A Pocket Full of Slagford
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Slagford. Some call it The Backbone of the North, most call it proper sh*te. This silly misadventure will take you up monolithic megatowers, down dingy dung pits and beyond. Puzzle your way across the unravelling city by picking up pieces of the world and sticking them where they don't belong.
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Wormventures - Barrier 51
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
Wormventures - Barrier 51 is a classic 3D cartoon point & click adventure game. Help Looky the worm to save planet Vermis in this big and funny adventure! Explore Looky's odd world, talk to its quirky inhabitants, find clues and use your collected items to solve puzzles.
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Detective Boiled-Hard / Case File - Death of the Space Dino Hunter
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A dialogue focused comedy point and click adventure game
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PAIN: Below Sanity (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
PAIN is a tough-as-nails, labyrinth-structured rage-game utilizing full-on space physics. Introducing things like Power-DOWNS, that can stack on top of eachother for the most painful experience. ...Can one make it to the end unscathed...?
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OneShot
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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Deep Sleep Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
You can’t run from your dreams in this unsettling classic point-and-click horror game from award-winning indie developer scriptwelder. To find a way out, you’ll have to go even deeper into your nightmares.
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KinitoPET
Single-player alternative to Julian & Friends — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Julian & Friends.
KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!