Single-player games like The Trials - Chapter One
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Trials - Chapter One, 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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Five-Star Courier and the Fog That Reeks of Death
Single-player alternative to The Trials - Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Trials - Chapter One.
Experience the work of a courier in a city of living rumors and legends. Pay off your debt by carrying out strange requests from mystical customers. Uncover the reason behind the appearance of a mysterious fog that smells of decay.
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Resequence: The Orchard
Single-player alternative to The Trials - Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Trials - Chapter One.
Resequence: The Orchard is an occult-horror adventure game in which school counselor Saito approaches an inexplicable phenomena through his counseling sessions with students.
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The Wolf of Derevnya
Single-player alternative to The Trials - Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Trials - Chapter One.
When the villagers of Derevnya begin turning up maimed, suspicion falls on you. Track down the beast to clear your name and save the village—but to unravel the mystery, you will need to confront your own past. A survival-horror choose your own adventure set in Kievan Rus'.
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Seul (Alone): The entrée
Single-player alternative to The Trials - Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Trials - Chapter One.
Seul. (Alone) is a text based choose your own adventure and philosophical thriller with horror elements. A subsistence where characters dwell. There are mysteries to solve and connections to unfold. Journey through here but remember you may not stay. Can you save Peggy?
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Sacrificium
Single-player alternative to The Trials - Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Trials - Chapter One.
Sacrificium is a dark psychological horror experience blending illustrated storytelling, branching choices, and sanity-driven gameplay. Trapped in a castle controlled by a satanic cult, you must escape before the nightmare consumes you.
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Seeds of Pain
Single-player alternative to The Trials - Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Trials - Chapter One.
A group of kids decide to leave the floating island they live on to go and explore a colossal world tree. They don't know yet how dangerous this choice will be. Feel their fear and try to survive in this Visual Novel with resource management systems.
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ATTENTION DEFICIT - A story about ADHD
Single-player alternative to The Trials - Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Trials - Chapter One.
An abstract visual novel about a girl dealing with the challenges of having ADHD while trying to complete a school assignment before the deadline.
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The Remission of Sins
Single-player alternative to The Trials - Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Trials - Chapter One.
The Remission of Sins is a fully-voiced, multi-ending short horror visual novel. Depending on the player’s choice, it branches to 12 different endings.
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The Trials - Chapter Two
Single-player alternative to The Trials - Chapter One — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Trials - Chapter One.
A classic 90s choose your own adventure style horror visual novel. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.