Single-player games like Donutal
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Donutal, 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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Quarantine Circular
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Donutal.
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
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Solar Echoes: The Star Legation
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Donutal.
Solar Echoes: The Star Legation is a choice-driven cinematic Sci-Fi Visual Novel game with RPG elements. Journey through space to gather and manage an alien crew, visit new worlds, negotiate with alien leaders, and even risk romance across the stars!
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Alexandria IV
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Donutal.
Tasked with commanding of one of the most challenging sectors of the galaxy, the future of the Alexandria IV space station depends on your diplomatic and strategic capabilities. How far will you go to prevent a war? A space opera visual novel by J.M. Beraldo.
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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Donutal.
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
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Star Trek: Resurgence
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Donutal.
Authentic Star Trek adventure from former members of Telltale Games. Engage in diplomacy, pilot shuttlecraft, and use your tricorder and phaser to overcome challenging puzzles and deadly threats. Tough decisions will impact relationships, your story, and the fate of the galaxy. What will YOU do?
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Interstellaria
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Donutal.
Managing a fleet across a dangerous galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers. Each encounter will require skills in trading, diplomacy, and combat. Allocate power to engines, charge all weapons, and take on the worst the galaxy has to handle.
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Astronaut: The Best
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Donutal.
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Donutal.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
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DRAGON BALL FighterZ
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
DRAGON BALL FighterZ is born from what makes the DRAGON BALL series so loved and famous: endless spectacular fights with its all-powerful fighters.
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GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The cutting-edge 2D/3D hybrid graphics pioneered in the Guilty Gear series have been raised to the next level in “GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-“. The new artistic direction and improved character animations will go beyond anything you’ve seen before in a fighting game!
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BlazBlue Centralfiction
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Combining a 2D fighting game with a visual novel, the BlazBlue series continues on with massive fan support! The latest installation, BlazBlue: Centralfiction, serves as the ending to the Azure Saga, revealing the hidden truth of the world!
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GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Astonishing 3D cell animations and overwhelming content volume, the next-generation fighting game "GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2" is now out on Steam! Total cast of 25 unique characters, and tons of game modes, get ready to ROCK!
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Granblue Fantasy: Versus
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A new game in the Granblue Fantasy universe, available on Steam! This fantasy game blends fighting game action and RPG-style adventure. Throw yourself into matches or enjoy powering up your characters!
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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Rise to the challenge in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising! This powered up, revamped sequel to GBVS is more enjoyable and accessible than ever before. With simplified input options, even newcomers can engage in thrilling and strategic matches!
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GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Ultimate battle action, and the epitome of the GUILTY GEAR XX series now on Steam! Bonus soundtracks included!
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Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Single-player alternative to Donutal — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A Persona 4 Smackdown!