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Single-player games like Freshman Year

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Freshman Year, 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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    Invisible Apartment — Steam game cover

    Invisible Apartment

    Single-player alternative to Freshman Year — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Freshman Year.

    Cyberpunk Visual Novel about a girl hacker struggling in a modern World. The story revolves around surveillance, hacking, artificial intelligence, cybernetic implants and those who want to lead a normal life in a high-tech society.

    2015IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cibele — Steam game cover

    Cibele

    Single-player alternative to Freshman Year — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Freshman Year.

    Cibele is a game about love, sex, and the internet. You play as a 19 year old girl who has become close with a young man she met in an online game. Her relationship with him heats up, becoming more and more intimate with each phone call and private chat.

    2015Indie4.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Written in the Sky — Steam game cover

    Written in the Sky

    Single-player alternative to Freshman Year — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Freshman Year.

    Azure comes across a strange ring one day. This ring changes her future drastically making each day action packed.

    2015ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    how do you Do It? — Steam game cover

    how do you Do It?

    Single-player alternative to Freshman Year — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Freshman Year.

    "how do you Do It?" puts players in the role of an 11-year-old girl whose mother has just stepped out for an errand. The girl immediately grabs her dolls and furtively attempts to figure out how sex works using these plastic surrogates.

    2015IndieFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Mortician's Tale — Steam game cover

    A Mortician's Tale

    Single-player alternative to Freshman Year — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Freshman Year.

    A Mortician's Tale is a short, story-driven game about a mortician tasked with running a funeral home.

    2017IndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shan Gui (山桂) — Steam game cover

    Shan Gui (山桂)

    Single-player alternative to Freshman Year — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Freshman Year.

    It is the end of summer. Han Hui, a university student, meets a mysterious young girl named He Jia in the mountains. After this chance meeting, the two embark on a delightful journey.

    2014IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beyond Eyes — Steam game cover

    Beyond Eyes

    Single-player alternative to Freshman Year — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Freshman Year.

    Beyond Eyes is a modern fairy tale about finding courage and friendship. Step by step, uncover an incredible world, carefully guiding Rae, a young blind girl, on a life changing journey.

    2015IndieAdventureDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Journal — Steam game cover

    Journal

    Single-player alternative to Freshman Year — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Freshman Year.

    Enter the pages of the hand painted world of Journal. A journey through the life of a young and troubled girl as she tries to face up to the choices and responsibilities that come with childhood. An experience that questions the reliability of how we choose to remember events and explores the truths hidden within our dreams.

    2014IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    We Met in May — Steam game cover

    We Met in May

    Single-player alternative to Freshman Year — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Freshman Year.

    We met in May and went on a lot of dates. This is a collection of vignette games about those dates, and the comedy that comes with getting to know someone.

    2019Indie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →