Single-player games like Asphyxia
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Asphyxia, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Asphyxia page.
Ranked picks
- 1
Selfish Cupid - BL Dating Sim
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Asphyxia.
Ten has the ability to see other people's soulmates after he was chosen to be the cupid's vessel. He is tasked to help bring couples together. But there is just one problem... Ten couldn't care less about other people's relationships. He only cares about his own love life.
- 2
Hatoful Boyfriend
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Asphyxia.
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.
- 3
南栀 Unwavering love
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Asphyxia.
《南栀》是一款百合向视觉小说游戏，讲述了在前作（夜永 Eternal Love）剧情发生一年半之后，聆花女子学院中的少女们成长的故事。
- 4
错过的暑假可以放第二次吗？
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Asphyxia.
游戏内容： 这是一款以绘画为主题、描述了成年人对于过往错过的人与事的灵魂之旅，兽人向的纯视觉小说游戏。 故事讲述了25岁的狸花猫兽人“启诚”，在被公司辞退后回到老家的城市。作为曾没能通过联考的美术生，在青梅竹马“未乾”，以及好朋友【熙和】、【望舒】、画室的“学弟”【烈烈】的帮助下，慢慢寻回了自己曾失去的那个暑假，那个他命中注定的人……
- 5
A Little Lily Princess
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Asphyxia.
Newly arrived at a boarding school in Victorian England, Sara Crewe uses her love of books and storytelling to build new relationships. But what happens to a fairy-tale princess when she loses everything?
- 6
Lost in Secular Love
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Asphyxia.
A Otome game about romancing monks?! All the romanceable characters are monks?! Sweet yet seductive! The untainted body and soul that only you can touch… PS: The game is set in an alternate history with an alternate religion.
- 7
Stellifier - an otome game inspired by older idols
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Asphyxia.
Stellifier - an otome game inspired by older idols An idol drama game about an older group making a comeback from retirement, featuring a GxB/BxB/non-binary romance!
- 8
Sweet Home
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Asphyxia.
Sweet Home is a visual novel set in a Chinese high school. Parted friendships, ambiguous romances, tangled relationships, and flawed families... Are these just the pangs of adolescence—or something heavier? Step into the shoes of Zhao Ying, shape her choices, and uncover every possible path.
- 9
Blackberry Honey
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Asphyxia.
A lesbian love story set in Victorian England, featuring maids, music, and finding love in unexpected places.
- 10
Sweetest Monster
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Asphyxia.
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 Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Asphyxia.
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 Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Asphyxia.
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.
- 13
Strawberry Vinegar
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Asphyxia.
A cute comedy yuri VN about a gluttonous demon and a cynical young girl centered around the most important thing in life: food! ♥
- 14
The Fairy's Song
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Asphyxia.
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.
- 15
Rituals in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Asphyxia.
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...?
- 16
The Way We All Go (2015)
Single-player alternative to Asphyxia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Asphyxia.
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?