Single-player games like Blackmail Directive
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Blackmail Directive, 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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Bogeys, Ghosts & Gods
Single-player alternative to Blackmail Directive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackmail Directive.
Bogeys, Ghosts & Gods is a non-linear visual novel with elements of traditional Chinese supernatural folklore.In this miserable world, a young boy must do everything he can to seize the chance to survive, face parting with his companions, and bear a mission that isn’t his own.
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我的一个多重人格朋友
Single-player alternative to Blackmail Directive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackmail Directive.
This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.
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Haunted Heye Apartment
Single-player alternative to Blackmail Directive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackmail Directive.
Strange things frequently happen in the apartment, such as the black shadow by the bed, the face behind the curtains, and the eccentric neighbor... This old apartment seems to be hiding some unknown secrets... Will you walk ignorantly into death or discover the truth and escape to safety?
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Crossed Parallel Lines Murder Case
Single-player alternative to Blackmail Directive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackmail Directive.
Do you believe that parallel worlds really exist? An ordinary college student, Chen Chou, wakes up one day to find himself transported aboard a space research vessel. The strangers on the ship all claim to know him. Could it be that he has crossed over into a parallel world...
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我在终点线等你
Single-player alternative to Blackmail Directive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackmail Directive.
一个讲述少年少女勇敢踏出追梦第一步的青春日常系故事。
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迷雾之夏-The Vigilant Villa
Single-player alternative to Blackmail Directive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackmail Directive.
The Vigilant Villa is a plots-oriented, texts-based AVG adventure game inheriting the classic “A locked room mystery" story mode. Where the game heads towards is completely decided by player’s own deductions and choices.
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See You Later
Single-player alternative to Blackmail Directive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Blackmail Directive.
There are so many things I want to do with the rest of my life. Like dreaming with you, laze around with you, look at the moon, eat rice with you, go on the biggest wedding trip to Antarctica, and most importantly - say goodbye to you.
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风起长安:驭骨人
Single-player alternative to Blackmail Directive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Blackmail Directive.
This is a Chinese style otome game!