Single-player games like My Virtual Friend
Below are 15 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
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.
- 2
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!
- 3
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.
- 4
Sia Desktop Pet
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with My Virtual Friend.
A chibi AI VTuber who lives on your desktop, on top of everything you do. Pet her and feed her, and she opens up one thing at a time: monster battles, desktop soccer, a 24-fish dex, tarot readings, 11 outfits and 26 achievements.
- 5
Jiahao
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with My Virtual Friend.
Sit tight: a coronation for the annals of the Hao realm. I’m Jiahao, your desktop pet—its absolute strongest, stock investing’s uncrowned king and fashion’s highest peak. What has this loneliness taught you to love? “You misunderstand. Let me enlighten you.” “You are the challenger.”
- 6
PicoCat
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with My Virtual Friend.
This is a cozy, relaxing idle game that can float anywhere on your screen. A group of adorable stray cats live on this island. Care for them and give them forever homes, so you can enjoy heart‑warming cat‑petting moments amid your busy daily life.
- 7
Re:Curse
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with My Virtual Friend.
A time-travel mystery visual novel about found-family, connections, and hope in dark times.
- 8
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.
- 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
Pripyat 0
Single-player alternative to My Virtual Friend — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Chernobyl has broken down. As radiation rains down upon you, the world starts rapidly mutating. You've gotten stuck in a nightmarish loop. Can you correctly spot the anomalies on time and get to safety? Or will you become one with the zone?
- 15
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.