Single-player games like Hermes Library
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Hermes Library, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Hermes Library page.
Ranked picks
- 1
TechnoMANCER
Single-player alternative to Hermes Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Hermes Library.
Take on the titular role and perform remote rituals to banish distant entities from the Otherworld.
- 2
Front Page
Single-player alternative to Hermes Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hermes Library.
As Editor of an independent newspaper, you are in charge of printing daily front pages. You decide which story you want to publish, and see the world change depending on your choices and actions. What kind of Editor will you become?
- 3
Impartial
Single-player alternative to Hermes Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hermes Library.
Impartial is an intriguing short 2D narrative game where you take on the role as a conflict resolver - tasked with resolving moral dilemmas between the Police Force and Superheroes to fight crime in Neo-Victorian London.
- 4
Chalk Paper Scissors
Single-player alternative to Hermes Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hermes Library.
A visual novel/sidescroller about estranged childhood friends, Chalk, Paper, and Scissors. Explore each character's memories in different stylized worlds to find out exactly what happened to their shared childhood plushie, Stuffie all those years ago...
- 5
Morningtide Motel
Single-player alternative to Hermes Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hermes Library.
Your motel is busy for the first time in years. Antsy city-folk and dispossessed teens flood your rooms, and you can barely keep up. Now, after a week of all-nighters spent managing reservations, room service requests, and Yup! reviews, you begin to wonder… could you even fall asleep if you tried?
- 6
Suzerain
Single-player alternative to Hermes Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Hermes Library.
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
- 7
Syntherapy
Single-player alternative to Hermes Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hermes Library.
If an AI were sentient, how would you know if they were malfunctioning, or experiencing a mental health problem? A story-rich game that explores mental health and AI ethics in the form of therapy sessions with a sentient AI.
- 8
Aether & Iron
Single-player alternative to Hermes Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Hermes Library.
Immerse yourself in this Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky. Muster a crew, master tactical turn-based combat, and unravel the dark secrets lurking beneath the floating metropolis.