Single-player games like Liar-for-hire
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Liar-for-hire, 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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Within the Inner Palace
Single-player alternative to Liar-for-hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Liar-for-hire.
Play as an official’s daughter entering the imperial palace as a consort. Build relationships, shape your family’s fate, speak freely with memory-driven AI characters, navigate favor and political intrigue, or overturn the order of the court and pursue an entirely different ending.
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Last Chance in Xollywood
Single-player alternative to Liar-for-hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Liar-for-hire.
In this sci-fi RPG/visual novel, you are an extraterrestrial movie director at a low-budget movie studio. Struggle against capitalism, corruption, and your eccentric coworkers to get the movie done on time and under budget.
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Sunset Magna Carta
Single-player alternative to Liar-for-hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Liar-for-hire.
Sunset Magna Carta (formerly Fertility, Crime, and Economy) is a political simulation game. As a cabinet minister of the United Realm, you will implement policies, handle social crises, and try to sustain order and national prosperity. Be careful: consequences may defy your intentions.
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Covenantum
Single-player alternative to Liar-for-hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Liar-for-hire.
Covenantum is a seasonal covenant-management RPG inspired by Ars Magica where you guide a growing magical covenant through decades of political intrigue, supernatural events, magical research, and strategic seasonal planning in Mythic Europe.
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Jin Ping Mei: Qinghe Reverie
Single-player alternative to Liar-for-hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Liar-for-hire.
In Qinghe County during the Northern Song, manage businesses and household affairs, build relationships, gather rumors and evidence, and set schemes in motion. As Ximen Qing, balance time, wealth, reputation and favors while your choices reshape lives, fortunes and endings.
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Your Crown Is Mine
Single-player alternative to Liar-for-hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Liar-for-hire.
Take the throne and fix the corrupt kingdom... or worsen it! A villainess life sim where you balance stats, manage a country, and romance 4 love interests. Your choices will affect the whole kingdom's story.
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Rule or Fall
Single-player alternative to Liar-for-hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Liar-for-hire.
Govern wisely in this narrative choice-based game set in the heart of the Middle Ages. Your choices will have a real impact on your entire adventure, the world and its characters! Skillfully manage your image and your throne to survive and prosper. Or fall.
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Suzerain
Single-player alternative to Liar-for-hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Liar-for-hire.
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
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Hedgehog's Dilemma
Single-player alternative to Liar-for-hire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Liar-for-hire.
A story of love, connections, and separation, a story about philosophy and science. Marharyta and Mykhailo try to figure out their relationships - and cannot help but fall in love over and over again.