Single-player games like My Virtual Friend
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to My Virtual Friend, 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 My Virtual Friend page.
Ranked picks
- 1
Moonberry Clock: Idle Pet
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with My Virtual Friend.
Watch the clock and your idle pet passively gain money to unlock clothes, toys, and fun accessories. Either customize your pet yourself, or schedule them to change looks on their own.
- 2
Cozy Commons
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with My Virtual Friend.
You've arrived in town jobless, catfished, and completely broke. But every great story needs a little drama! It’s time to build your dream home, make lifelong friends, and uncover the town's deepest secrets.
- 3
Queen of the Community
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with My Virtual Friend.
Tackle the challenge of raising a little girl into adulthood under the harsh conditions of a Brazilian favela. Be the girl's adoptive father or mother! Buy her clothes, furniture and other objects, change her haircut and more! She can befriend several kids! Your choices will define her future!
- 4
Cats & Rhythmical Restaurant
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with My Virtual Friend.
A cozy cat restaurant that lives on your desktop and comes alive to whatever you're listening to. While sound plays, your cats head out for fish, cook, and serve hungry guests; when it's quiet, they get bored and doze off. Recruit cats, dress them up, and grow your seaside diner.
- 5
Arcadia Fallen
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with My Virtual Friend.
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
- 6
and Roger
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with My Virtual Friend.
It was a morning like all others, until she realized her dad wasn't home. In his place, a stranger who speaks nonsense and insists she "takes her medicine". Who is he? Where is dad?
- 7
The Sims™ 4
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with My Virtual Friend.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
- 8
Eggo
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with My Virtual Friend.
Raise your baby, get married, and hatch eggs with friends right on your desktop! Start with a single egg and nurture Eggo into your special companion. Let it search for treasures from different planets on your desktop and keep you company. Dress your Eggo and even date your friends'. Play with Eggo!
- 9
MMO98
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with My Virtual Friend.
An incremental game where you go from small-scale MMO development studio up to global market domination. Improve your server infrastructure, address the technical challenges of running an MMO, release new games, and become the world's #1 MMO game studio.
- 10
Unicycle Pizza Time!
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Uh oh, seems like your delivery bike got stolen, but the pizzas need to keep being delivered!
- 11
Forge Industry
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Forge your destiny as a blacksmith! Automate your workshops, optimize your supply chain, research new materials, craft legendary weapons, and cast your place in the world.
- 12
Overtime Anomaly
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
- 13
Kyoto Anomaly
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with My Virtual Friend.
You find yourself trapped in the endless maze of Kyoto's backstreets, trying to reach the temple of Hōkan-ji before the main tourist rush. Inspect the street for anomalies, choose the right path, and reach your destination... or be trapped forever.
- 14
Silicon Architect
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with My Virtual Friend.
An incremental hardware engineering game with a Windows XP themed UI. Configure and optimize processor components, build your own CPU, and run automated benchmarks. Harvest telemetry and gather research funding to unlock new hardware, and scale your processing power.