Single-player games like Next Patient
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Next Patient, 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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ZeroPrompt
Single-player alternative to Next Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Next Patient.
Every NPC in this game runs on a local LLM. Ask them anything. The internet is dying. You're a internet moderator. Filter out AI impostors from humanity's last clean network. Use investigation tools to detect deception. Every verdict shapes the internet.
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Civil Purgatory
Single-player alternative to Next Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Next Patient.
Interrogate, investigate, and judge in an authoritarian regime. In Civil Purgatory, real-time AI-generated role-playing dialogue adds depth and dynamism to this narrative simulation full of moral dilemmas, where you decide who walks free… and who doesn’t.
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Rites & Receipts
Single-player alternative to Next Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Next Patient.
Clock in at the Dark Magic Federation. As a ritual clerk, you must verify public requests, consult the manual, and process the paperwork for a world of petty hexes. Stamp requests, catch counterfeits, and avoid costly compliance fines. The quota is rising. Work starts now.
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Wait! Life is beautiful!
Single-player alternative to Next Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Next Patient.
W!LiB! is an interactive psychological thriller about suicide, based on personal experience. This is a story about a void in the soul, about search and loss of the life purpose in trying to save oneself and others. This is a life that can be lived your own way. For any life is beautiful... isn’t it?
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Coldline: Disconnect
Single-player alternative to Next Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Next Patient.
It's not who you are, it's what you do that matters! As an agent inside the enemy base, repair devices by solving puzzles! Plant your bug in the correct device! Listen on the radio at night and transmit critical intel. You are entirely alone in every decision, but your choices will affect everyone.
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Papers, Please
Single-player alternative to Next Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Next Patient.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
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Starvedge
Single-player alternative to Next Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Next Patient.
Cruel 2037. Starvation. Repression. Fear. You decide who gets a ration and who remains starving. Survival is almost impossible.
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Ministry of Order
Single-player alternative to Next Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Next Patient.
Match babies to their parents by solving genetics puzzles. Get paid for being right, fined for mistakes. Each choice in branching dialogues has different consequences. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the gloomy 1920s totalitarian state.
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Amlebic
Single-player alternative to Next Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Next Patient.
Amlebic is a hand-drawn alchemy deckbuilder. Lay elemental reagents on the great circle, chain Resonance and Reaction, and multiply Essence by Catalyst to beat the Yield. Collect sigils, master the tension, and climb 200 Circles to complete the Great Work.