Single-player games like Kindling Hour
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Kindling Hour, 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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Artificial Selection
Single-player alternative to Kindling Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindling Hour.
Fourteen supposed criminals are forced to take part in an anti-death game: To avoid the death penalty, they must prove they can get along — even if their own lives are on the line. Discover the motives of the other participants and help them avoid killing each other.
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Requies
Single-player alternative to Kindling Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindling Hour.
You are a ship's doctor trapped in quarantine as a nameless fever spreads. Diagnose the sick through a locked hatch, ration what little medicine remains, and decide who lives — while the same sickness slowly claims you too.
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Head AS Code
Single-player alternative to Kindling Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindling Hour.
The first entry of the Abime Series. Eight captives must cooperate or compete to escape an underground subway under the manipulation of a dangerous psychopath. Can you really trust anyone? What about yourself? And what is the meaning of a good ending? Is reaching one even possible?
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Hazy Mind
Single-player alternative to Kindling Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindling Hour.
You can't remember anything, and all you can see is HER. Delve into your story and uncover the truth behind what happened to you and your parents.
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This Is Not Your House
Single-player alternative to Kindling Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindling Hour.
Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.
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Bread around bread around bread around bread
Single-player alternative to Kindling Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindling Hour.
A short story about how grandpa went to the store for bread.
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Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling
Single-player alternative to Kindling Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kindling Hour.
A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.
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Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole
Single-player alternative to Kindling Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Kindling Hour.
Wonderful Everyday is a visual novel with multiple routes which develops a story based on a few concepts: "the sky and the world", "the beginning and the end", "literature and science", "savior and hero", "brother and sister".