Single-player games like SIDE EFFECTS
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SIDE EFFECTS, 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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CloverPit
Single-player alternative to SIDE EFFECTS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SIDE EFFECTS.
A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!
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The Whispering Bones
Single-player alternative to SIDE EFFECTS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SIDE EFFECTS.
The Whispering Bones is a roguelike psychological horror where you gamble with a mysterious stranger in the depths of a nebulous wood. Roll dice with full physics simulation, unravel the hermit's secrets, make bets and win a chance for a better life.
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Death In Your Dice
Single-player alternative to SIDE EFFECTS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SIDE EFFECTS.
Roll the dice… or cities die. Learn lethal rules, twist outcomes, accept the cost. One bad throw calls the bombs. Win to delay death. Lose to become a murderer. Every choice reshapes your ending. Fate is loaded. Your turn is encoded?
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Buckshot Roulette
Single-player alternative to SIDE EFFECTS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SIDE EFFECTS.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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Bonesaw
Single-player alternative to SIDE EFFECTS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SIDE EFFECTS.
Gamble your fingers against the devil and his bloodthirsty saw in this turn-based strategy game. Outsmart your opponent with special abilities, or test your luck as you defy the odds to escape eternal damnation!
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Cup Or Die
Single-player alternative to SIDE EFFECTS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SIDE EFFECTS.
Survive in a creepy bar playing beer pong against terrifying opponents in roguelite style. Throw the ball into cups with various effects, collect weird items and passive cards, choose doors, play mini-games. Miss a shot — drink. Every cup you drink can give a bonus or kill you.
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Under the Eye
Single-player alternative to SIDE EFFECTS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SIDE EFFECTS.
The world and regime you once knew is crumbling day by day. The Major won't let you go until you've beat her at her own twisted card game. Bid, cheat and bend the rules to see another day, or die and be forgotten.
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Mighty Mahjong
Single-player alternative to SIDE EFFECTS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with SIDE EFFECTS.
Still playing mahjong with 13 tiles? Mighty Mahjong is a next-gen twist where you start one tile short — and that missing tile becomes a wild card! Outsmart opponents with bold strategy and sharp reads. Anime-style online battles, special rules, team modes, and fast-paced matches. Free to play!