Single-player games like 201 - The Bad Number
Below are 8 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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Ranked picks
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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.
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PROJECT: MIRROR
Single-player alternative to 201 - The Bad Number — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 201 - The Bad Number.
PROJECT: MIRROR is a psychological horror narrative game about choices, scarcity, and AI observation. Answer ethical dilemmas, manage impossible systems, and watch your decisions become the basis for something that no longer asks permission.
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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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Quarantine Circular
Single-player alternative to 201 - The Bad Number — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 201 - The Bad Number.
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
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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.