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Single-player games like Mermaids are Seafood

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Mermaids are Seafood, 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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    Scarlet Hollow — Steam game cover

    Scarlet Hollow

    Single-player alternative to Mermaids are Seafood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Mermaids are Seafood.

    Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The seven days i spent with you — Steam game cover

    The seven days i spent with you

    Single-player alternative to Mermaids are Seafood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mermaids are Seafood.

    With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Snow White Ashes — Steam game cover

    Snow White Ashes

    Single-player alternative to Mermaids are Seafood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mermaids are Seafood.

    Lose your heart in this dark fairy-tale romance! Once upon a winter night, you enter the woods in search of a beast. But the hunter you find is so charming and sweet–is he truly the monster you seek?

    2027AdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elisa: the Innkeeper — Steam game cover

    Elisa: the Innkeeper

    Single-player alternative to Mermaids are Seafood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mermaids are Seafood.

    Inspired by the Italian culture and taking place in a western Fantasy setting, our visual novel introduces the story of Elisa, a beautiful owner of an inn, struggling with the amorous proposal of honorable Knights, high born Princes and rich Merchants.

    2017IndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Amnesia™: Memories — Steam game cover

    Amnesia™: Memories

    Single-player alternative to Mermaids are Seafood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mermaids are Seafood.

    You awaken to find your memories gone. To learn the truth behind your amnesia, you’ll choose from five romantic paths, each its own world. With 20+ endings, can you write the lasting love story you deserve, or will your love and life come to an end?

    2015Adventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elisa: Seduce the Innkeeper — Steam game cover

    Elisa: Seduce the Innkeeper

    Single-player alternative to Mermaids are Seafood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mermaids are Seafood.

    The player doesn't impersonate a simple man, but a powerful, rich and famous nobleman who seems to be able to obtain whatever he wishes for. But will this be enough this time?

    2017IndieAdventureFree To Play4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty — Steam game cover

    The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty

    Single-player alternative to Mermaids are Seafood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mermaids are Seafood.

    He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut — Steam game cover

    Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut

    Single-player alternative to Mermaids are Seafood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mermaids are Seafood.

    You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →