Single-player games like Ted
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Ted, 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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Closer the Distance
Single-player alternative to Ted — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ted.
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
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SEASON: A letter to the future
Single-player alternative to Ted — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ted.
Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.
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I've Fallen For You!
Single-player alternative to Ted — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Ted.
Eight women simultaneously appear in your life, offering you unconditional love and support! Will you choose to uphold your beliefs and become a good man, or give in to human temptations and become a bad man?
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Trolley Problem, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Ted — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ted.
Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.
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Luto
Single-player alternative to Ted — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ted.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Single-player alternative to Ted — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ted.
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
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Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
Single-player alternative to Ted — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ted.
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer! You will solve murders, uphold justice, and also gain love. Are you ready? Play the "Game of Fate" that crosses time and space, life and death!
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Svoboda 1945: Liberation
Single-player alternative to Ted — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ted.
Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.