Single-player games like The Thistle and the Flower
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to The Thistle and the Flower, 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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Bittersweet Blossoms
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thistle and the Flower.
A lesbian romance set in England shortly after WWI. The story centres around Dot, a young maid who begins to work in the crumbling stately home of Bly, and her young mistress: the devious, devilish Patience.
- 2
Once Upon a Throne of Thorns
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thistle and the Flower.
A dark fantasy boys' love / yaoi visual novel about an assassin who falls for the runaway prince he has been entasked with killing.
- 3
All Idleness and Ephemera
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Thistle and the Flower.
A lewd boys love / BL / yaoi visual novel set in a 1001 Nights inspired universe about a couple of cousins who like one another a perfectly normal amount. The story contains a lot of explicit sexual content.
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Unluckily in Love
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thistle and the Flower.
A cute boys love / BL / yaoi visual novel about a slowly developing romantic relationship between a couple of cousins.
- 5
Horny Housewives Booty Call Blackmail
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with The Thistle and the Flower.
Beautiful babes beware, the CEO's son is here! The two sexiest housewives in the neighborhood will have to do whatever it takes to please him so their poor husbands can keep their jobs. Its not like his huge cock would awaken the latent lust burning inside them, and they'd start to enjoy it right?
- 6
Salome's Kiss
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thistle and the Flower.
A dark lesbian / yuri gothic romance tale set in Victorian England, in which an anxious governess is aggressively pursued by her unruly, tempestuous pupil.
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Strawberry Vinegar
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thistle and the Flower.
A cute comedy yuri VN about a gluttonous demon and a cynical young girl centered around the most important thing in life: food! ♥
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Lilycle Rainbow Stage!!!
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thistle and the Flower.
In this yuri visual novel featuring an all-star cast, you follow one main love triangle as they navigate their budding romance and the pursuit of their goals, unlocking new, heartwarming events to view from the perspectives of each cute girl in six other precious couples as well.
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Blackberry Honey
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Thistle and the Flower.
A lesbian love story set in Victorian England, featuring maids, music, and finding love in unexpected places.
- 10
Sweetest Monster
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thistle and the Flower.
A middle-aged man has an encounter with a cute catgirl in the dead of night - but all is not as it seems.
- 11
Her Love, Like Poison
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thistle and the Flower.
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
- 12
Cage of Roses
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Thistle and the Flower.
A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she’s swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.
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The Fairy's Song
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Thistle and the Flower.
A yuri / lesbian visual novel set in the UK. Marnie, a bored goth girl, accidentally stumbles upon a sleeping female knight in the forest. Together, the pair must work to break a centuries-old curse, while romantic feelings between them begin to grow.
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Rituals in the Dark
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Thistle and the Flower.
A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?
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The Way We All Go (2015)
Single-player alternative to The Thistle and the Flower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Thistle and the Flower.
A horror/romance visual novel with numerous choices and over 20 endings. Set in Japan in the 1980s, our protagonist, Atcchan, must navigate his relationship between his two estranged childhood friends, one of whom might be a yandere. Will he live to see the end of his summer vacation?