Single-player games like Anxiety Puppy
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Anxiety Puppy, 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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Leila
Single-player alternative to Anxiety Puppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anxiety Puppy.
Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face. Solve story-driven puzzles, relive fragile memories, and discover a deeply personal journey that may feel more familiar than you expect.
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Insomnia: Theater in the Head
Single-player alternative to Anxiety Puppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anxiety Puppy.
Hickory dickory dock. The city's deep in sleep. The clock's ticking. The sheep's bouncing. Hickory dickory dock. The girl tosses again, only with more things swarming into her head... In this Point & Click puzzle game "Insomnia", the show in the head is rolling on again. Alas, any sleep tonight...
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The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Single-player alternative to Anxiety Puppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Anxiety Puppy.
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
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Midnight Ramen
Single-player alternative to Anxiety Puppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Anxiety Puppy.
In Midnight Ramen, you play as the owner of a late-night ramen stand and his apprentice. You interact with your customers, listen to their troubles, and help them out whenever you can. But as the bowls of ramen are cooked and served, troubles are beginning to brew in your own life as well...
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Wednesdays
Single-player alternative to Anxiety Puppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Anxiety Puppy.
"The hardest part is not to speak up. It’s being heard." Part video game, part graphic novel, Wednesdays seeks to raise awareness about child sexual abuse through a surprisingly hope-filled story.
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Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells
Single-player alternative to Anxiety Puppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anxiety Puppy.
Deciding to break protocol to lend a helping wing, Rain, a flighty little courier takes a skittish girl by the name of Mila on an adventure through the inner workings of a mysterious post office. Together, they search for a letter containing the last words of someone who seemingly never existed.
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Kanon
Single-player alternative to Anxiety Puppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Anxiety Puppy.
A tale of small miracles in a snow-covered town— Kanon, the very first game from visual novel studio Key, is now available on Steam! Now featuring HD visuals and full voice support! (The protagonist is only voiced in certain scenes.)
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Aliya: Timelink
Single-player alternative to Anxiety Puppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Anxiety Puppy.
The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.