Single-player games like The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns, 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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Bittersweet Blossoms
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
A lesbian romance set in England shortly after WWI. The story centres around Dot, a young maid who begins to work in the crumbling stately home of Bly, and her young mistress: the devious, devilish Patience.
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Once Upon a Throne of Thorns
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
A boys' love / yaoi visual novel about a runaway prince and an assassin in the service of a wicked king. A dark and moody fairytale with crossdressing, intrigue, spilled blood, and finding love in unexpected places.
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Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
When your beloved wants to abandon his personality and become an absolutely ordinary person, what do you do? Bonjin ~ An Ordinary Man is an young adult romantic story about transgender identity, exploration of masculinity, and mutual understanding.
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Mizuchi 白蛇心傳
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
Mizuchi 白蛇心傳 is a heartfelt and philosophical yuri visual novel inspired by the Legend of the White Snake and multiple folklores. Follow Linh's journey with a beautiful shape-shifting temptress and a resourceful warrior nun, and experience a story of friendship, love, transformation, and belonging.
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Why do you love me?
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
A short romantic novel about modern relationships. We took some situations from life and tried to answer the question "why do people love each other?".
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Strawberry Vinegar
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
A cute comedy yuri VN about a gluttonous demon and a cynical young girl centered around the most important thing in life: food! ♥
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南栀 Unwavering love
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
《南栀》是一款百合向视觉小说游戏，讲述了在前作（夜永 Eternal Love）剧情发生一年半之后，聆花女子学院中的少女们成长的故事。
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Blackberry Honey
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
A lesbian love story set in Victorian England, featuring maids, music, and finding love in unexpected places.
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Sweetest Monster
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
A middle-aged man has an encounter with a cute catgirl in the dead of night - but all is not as it seems.
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Her Love, Like Poison
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
A dark lesbian horror/romance story so toxic it's emitting spores. Ethel, a shy university student, ventures into the wintry woods late at night, where she meets an enchanting femme fatale — but all is not as it seems.
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Cage of Roses
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she’s swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.
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The Fairy's Song
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
A yuri / lesbian visual novel set in the UK. Marnie, a bored goth girl, accidentally stumbles upon a sleeping female knight in the forest. Together, the pair must work to break a centuries-old curse, while romantic feelings between them begin to grow.
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Rituals in the Dark
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
A lesbian / yuri romance story with mild horror elements set in the rainy English seaside town of Scarborough. Our heroine, Aspen, meets the mysterious, beautiful Althea in the dead of night, but who is Althea really...?
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The Way We All Go (2015)
Single-player alternative to The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns.
A horror/romance visual novel with numerous choices and over 20 endings. Set in Japan in the 1980s, our protagonist, Atcchan, must navigate his relationship between his two estranged childhood friends, one of whom might be a yandere. Will he live to see the end of his summer vacation?