Single-player games like 1948
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to 1948, 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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Conspiracy Simulator
Single-player alternative to 1948 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 1948.
Investigate like it's 1993. Hunt clues on VHS tapes, shortwave radio, and the early internet. Pin evidence to your board, connect the strings, and publish theories for cash and followers. Just try not to lose your mind.
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Axiom Alternative II
Single-player alternative to 1948 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1948.
Sacking an employee from The Violet Hotel soon becomes unwanted news on Grendel's malicious web blog. Can the protagonist stop Grendel from causing further problems ?
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My NEET Life
Single-player alternative to 1948 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1948.
When a business-woman approaches NEET prodigy Akiko with the proposition that could change her life, she enters an entirely bigger world outside of her bedroom, full of work and... well, more work.
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murmures
Single-player alternative to 1948 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1948.
Clara is doing everything she can to stay emotionally stable. But something is hunting her, and every place she passes through seems to know what she still refuses to understand. Roll your d20s to explore, search, hold on, and help Clara find a way out.
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Grotto
Single-player alternative to 1948 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1948.
Grotto is a mystical, narrative-focused experience. You are the Soothsayer. The one capable of talking with the stars and unveiling their messages. In a time of turmoil, the tribe of the valley turn to your powers of divination and come to you for guidance.
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Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
Single-player alternative to 1948 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1948.
The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline.
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The Heroes Around Me
Single-player alternative to 1948 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1948.
The Heroes Around Me tells a story of a family of 3: the hard-working and quiet father – Nan, his daughter Lili, and their pet dog Sesame. Players will experience the harshness and warmth in the simpler time of the 1990s, where lots of stories are untold.
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BURIED STARS
Single-player alternative to 1948 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with 1948.
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.