Single-player games like Trainee Death Simulator
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Trainee Death Simulator, 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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Have a Nice Death
Single-player alternative to Trainee Death Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Trainee Death Simulator.
Have a Nice Death is a 2D action roguelike where you play as an overworked Death, whose employees have run rampant, completely throwing off the balance of souls - and his vacation plans. In order to restore order, you'll have to grab your trusty scythe and show your employees who's boss.
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Sultan's Game
Single-player alternative to Trainee Death Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trainee Death Simulator.
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
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Crown Gambit
Single-player alternative to Trainee Death Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trainee Death Simulator.
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!
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Reigns
Single-player alternative to Trainee Death Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Trainee Death Simulator.
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
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Road to Empress I
Single-player alternative to Trainee Death Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Trainee Death Simulator.
You've never played a game like this before. Road to Empress I is a cinematic palace adventure where your choices decide everyone's fate. Tackle multiple story branches and a high mortality rate with charm, wisdom and courage? First...survive.
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Trainee Death Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Trainee Death Simulator.
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Single-player alternative to Trainee Death Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Trainee Death Simulator.
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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Magical Princess
Single-player alternative to Trainee Death Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Trainee Death Simulator.
Raise your daughter while she attends a magical academy. Choose which classes she attends, jobs she does, training she undergoes, and more in a character raising sim packed full of story and over 50 endings to reach. How she grows up to be the world's cutest princess depends on you!
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Yog-Sothoth’s Yard
Single-player alternative to Trainee Death Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Trainee Death Simulator.
Manage a hotel and hire employees including Death, a dragon, a Spirit Hunter, and a bioroid maid. Build your wealth through various means and refine your strategies based on the predictions of Oracles. All employees can be romanced depending on your choices.
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苍白花树繁茂之时Blood Flowers
Single-player alternative to Trainee Death Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trainee Death Simulator.
A puzzle & plot single-player game. It all starts with the falling star ...... Through the puzzle, find the childhood memories while gradually unraveling the truth of the "Blood Tree Plague" hundreds of years ago.
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The Piper of Dawn
Single-player alternative to Trainee Death Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trainee Death Simulator.
Welcome to Diamond City, a realm trapped in an endless cycle of madness! This story-rich dark fantasy sim lets you master alchemy, grow magical crops, run a thriving shop, and build relationships with humans and non-humans alike. Discover the city's many fates through your choices.