Single-player games like Held
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Held, 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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Pet Diary
Single-player alternative to Held — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Held.
It is just a part of your life, but you are its entirety. This game is dedicated to everyone who has spent or will spend a warm moment with a little life. The game adopts a visual novel mode and combines light puzzle, telling the story of a young couple and their dog over ten years life.
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LIVORA
Single-player alternative to Held — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Held.
LIVORA is a choice-driven life simulation where money, work, relationships, health, family, weather, world events and pressure all connect. Build a life, face the consequences, recover from mistakes, chase ambition, fall in love, start again, and see how different every life can become.
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Love in Translation
Single-player alternative to Held — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Held.
Love in Translation is Japanese learning chat-sim otome. Your bestie has enough of you complaining about not finding more otome fans. So she drags you into her friend's server, where everyone is an otome fan, including some Japanese guys! Learn each other's language and enjoy your own sweet romance!
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LifeReplay
Single-player alternative to Held — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Held.
Close your eyes, and your whole life flashes by. 1000+ memories from birth to death. Every choice rewrites your path across four distinct lives. Laughter, tears, regret, warmth — looking back, every ordinary day was worth cherishing.
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Tomo Cafe
Single-player alternative to Held — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Held.
Tomo Cafe is a cozy "study-with-me" game where your real life focus time moves the story forward. Work through your actual to-do list beside the regulars at your study cafe, decorate the place, and unlock the next chapter of heartwarming stories.
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A Week to Remember
Single-player alternative to Held — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Held.
Help Elliot recover his memories and unlock the truth of what happened before it's too late. A Mexican-American gothic, boys' love visual novel, featuring interactive spell crafting and point-and-click exploration.
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Lin Ling
Single-player alternative to Held — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Held.
This is a visual novel. Centered on hand-drawn comic artwork, textual narration and character dialogue as core gameplay, the game emphasizes character development and worldbuilding. It immerses players in the fates of ordinary individuals caught amid this grand, century-spanning conflict.
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Xiaye's Doors of Magic: Lightchaser
Single-player alternative to Held — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Held.
This is one (or more) story of reality, a story of youth, dreams, chains, and rebellion. Step into different lives of 7 ordinary teens through the "Doors", and to rewrite their fate tightly locked with your choices.