Single-player games like 201 - The Bad Number
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to 201 - The Bad Number, 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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Across Kiloparsecs
Single-player alternative to 201 - The Bad Number — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with 201 - The Bad Number.
A short science-fiction visual novel where you investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a close friend.
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Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Single-player alternative to 201 - The Bad Number — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 201 - The Bad Number.
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
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Choices That Matter: And The Sun Went Out
Single-player alternative to 201 - The Bad Number — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 201 - The Bad Number.
Take part in one of the most complex interactive adventure stories ever written! What if the sun inexplicably vanished only to return hours later? Investigate with your AI companion, Moti. Uncover conspiracies. Discover ancient religions. Travel the globe.
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Citizen Sleeper
Single-player alternative to 201 - The Bad Number — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 201 - The Bad Number.
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
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Suhoshin
Single-player alternative to 201 - The Bad Number — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with 201 - The Bad Number.
Suhoshin is a 2D Visual Novel set in the medieval Joseon period of Korea. While investigating a series of mysterious murders, you will have to make choices that will lead you down different paths toward different endings.
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AI Dungeon
Single-player alternative to 201 - The Bad Number — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with 201 - The Bad Number.
An AI-powered text-based RPG like you've never played before. Write stories, interact with realistic characters, and experience virtually infinite worlds and genres. Escape to alternate universes where you direct the action and anything is possible!
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No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES
Single-player alternative to 201 - The Bad Number — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with 201 - The Bad Number.
Iris has been abducted by aliens?! Finding herself on board a mysterious UFO and tasked with completing a bizarre escape game, Iris knows there's one person who she can always count on for help: Kaname Date, Psyncer!
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Doki Doki AI Interrogation
Single-player alternative to 201 - The Bad Number — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 201 - The Bad Number.
A short interrogation game taking full advantage of ChatGPT! You are tasked with interrogating the suspect [AI] of a murder case as an [excellent police officer]. How you choose to interrogate the suspect is up to you. How the AI reacts is rendered in real-time through ChatGPT.
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Biocybernetic Trap
Single-player alternative to 201 - The Bad Number — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 201 - The Bad Number.
Biocybernetic Trap — an interactive cyberpunk detective. You are given the quantum diary of a long-dead detective, where reality fractures into parallel versions of the investigation.