Single-player games like Kill Your Darlings
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Kill Your Darlings, 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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Pact Between Us
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kill Your Darlings.
"Pact between us" is a FMV. After the loss parents, you and your younger sister become siblings who only have each other. You must tenderly care for her daily life.What kind of woman will your sister grow into? Every arrangement you implement during her upbringing carries profound weight.
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Walk with the Living
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Kill Your Darlings.
Walk with the Living is a queer strategy melodrama focused on character-driven storytelling and player choice.
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Tropical Hearts
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Kill Your Darlings.
Five friends go on a well deserved vacation. When they're offered a luxurious stay at Paradise Island, they have no idea what’s awaiting them! Drawn into a battle against mysterious creatures, our heroes unlock their magical potential - and the road to each other's hearts!
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Empyreal Dawn
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Kill Your Darlings.
Empyreal Dawn is a Gothic Fantasy Adventure where you lead a party named Caeruleum. Accompanied by the Swordsmaiden Alice Starwell, undertake your first steps toward becoming legendary heroes! Featuring full voice acting, an original soundtrack, and more!
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Tonight’s Special
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kill Your Darlings.
Explore Serenpt with 9 love interests in this multi-ending JRPG. You are one of the successors chosen by the influential Godmother, recently entrusted with running a bar and handling Cheleamon’s Family affairs. However, she has set a condition—within six weeks, you must prove that you are worthy.
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When I'm Not Drawing
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kill Your Darlings.
In this cozy life-simulation RPG, you play as a young artist who moves to a new city to pursue your dreams. Plan your schedule, balance life and career, explore the city, and meet new friends! Live a fulfilling year on your own, at your own pace.
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NeveRossa Remaster
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Kill Your Darlings.
That day, the sky was also snowing scarlet— Classic PC game from Firedog Studio in 2005 "NeveRossa~Mille e una notte" Remastered! Nurture a pretty girl Lilies, the "Goddess Seed", through trainings, adventures, and battles, into a true Goddess within a thousand nights!
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Отделение 38
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Kill Your Darlings.
После неожиданной смерти студент Александр попадает в "Отделение 38", где бюрократия переплетается с мистикой. Раскройте тайны этого потустороннего мира и найдите ответы, которые изменят всё.
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The Wandering Village
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Kill Your Darlings.
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
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Niche - a genetics survival game
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kill Your Darlings.
Niche - a genetics survival game is a turn-based strategy game combined with simulation and roguelike elements. Shape your own species of animals based on real genetics. Keep your species alive against all odds, such as predators, climate change and spreading sickness.
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Dungeon Clawler
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Kill Your Darlings.
Dungeon Clawler is a Roguelike Claw Machine Deckbuilder. Build your deck, grab weapons and items from the claw machine to battle enemies, discover powerful perks that create game-changing synergies and unleash crazy combos as you fight your way through the dungeon!
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Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kill Your Darlings.
Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.
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Nimbatus - Drone Creator
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kill Your Darlings.
Use the Nimbatus Drone Creator to construct physically simulated drones and try them out in a virtual testing environment. Do you have what it takes to become a drone engineer?
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Infinity Bounce
Single-player alternative to Kill Your Darlings — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kill Your Darlings.
Turn the galaxy into a chaotic pinball machine to feed a voracious space cat in this physics-based incremental game. Expand and upgrade your arsenal of various celestial bodies and stuff the cat to the brink of a big bang.