Single-player games like Side Quest
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Side Quest, 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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How Many Calories Are In A Muffin?
Single-player alternative to Side Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Side Quest.
A short story about a difficult day at work and a painful breakup that lingers; about depression, anxiety, and how they can lead to eating disorders. Do you know how many calories are in a muffin? Are you ready for what the answer implies?
- 2
Quantum Coffee Conundrum - Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Side Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Side Quest.
A science fiction comedy visual novel: follow two space miners as they spiral through the bureaucratic gears of a caffeine-fueled corporate time loop nightmare.
- 3
Crystal Covenant
Single-player alternative to Side Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Side Quest.
A turn-based RPG, featuring pixel style graphics and 3D animations during battles. Target enemy weaknesses to stun and lower their defenses, and then finish them by using Boost Points to increase the strength or number of attacks a character uses in battle to inflict massive damage!
- 4
Inimigo - The Warrior Saint Versus the God of Discord-
Single-player alternative to Side Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Side Quest.
Is one the villain and the other the hero? The truth is more complicated than that. Discover the story between two enemies in this dark fantasy visual novel!
- 5
Tower And Dragon
Single-player alternative to Side Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Side Quest.
Retro back to the year 1977! With the release of the Commodore PET, personal computers became accessible to masses for the first time. It only had 8K. Tower And Dragon's goal is to create a fully immersive RPG 2D gaming experience on that computer (or emulator) for the very first time.
- 6
Frosten: Two Realms
Single-player alternative to Side Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Side Quest.
Frosten: Two Realms — An immersive story about a young man named Ivan, who possesses the extraordinary ability to freeze objects. His life takes a dramatic turn when he finds himself in a mysterious world brimming with magic and peril.
- 7
Fight in the Arena by Daniel da Silva
Single-player alternative to Side Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Side Quest.
Fight in the Arena is a text-based RPG with an in-depth turn-based combat system.
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BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed."
Single-player alternative to Side Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Side Quest.
Socially underdeveloped Lisa found solace in books... Until her eyes fell out. You take the role of Henry, the therapist assigned to guide Lisa through her depression. There's just one problem: she isn't depressed.