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Single-player games like Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination, 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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    Trapped with Jester — Steam game cover

    Trapped with Jester

    Single-player alternative to Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination.

    An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?

    2022IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alcyone: The Last City — Steam game cover

    Alcyone: The Last City

    Single-player alternative to Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination.

    Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Will Die Alone — Steam game cover

    Will Die Alone

    Single-player alternative to Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination.

    Some memories aren't meant to stay. We are our memories and our experiences. What happens if you delete some of them? If you change your past and, thus, your future?

    2022IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Terror Diversion — Steam game cover

    Terror Diversion

    Single-player alternative to Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination.

    This is a text-based horror game in which you investigate mysterious urban legends. Along the way, the player takes on the role of a character who gets “lost” and encounters a series of random events.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Line Held Tight — Steam game cover

    A Line Held Tight

    Single-player alternative to Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination.

    Tensions both political and personal are rising at the Brightworld mining colony. In this dynamic sci-fi visual novel you must decide where your heart and loyalties lie if you’re to shape the future and save yourself.

    IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ghostpia Season One — Steam game cover

    ghostpia Season One

    Single-player alternative to Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination.

    "In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.

    2023Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery — Steam game cover

    Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery

    Single-player alternative to Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination.

    A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!

    2023AdventureSimulationRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bobok — Steam game cover

    Bobok

    Single-player alternative to Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inhuman Resources: A Literary Machination.

    Grotesque notes written not by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but by a "certain person".

    2021IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →