Single-player games like Rites & Receipts
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Rites & Receipts, 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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Starvedge
Single-player alternative to Rites & Receipts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Rites & Receipts.
Cruel 2037. Starvation. Repression. Fear. You decide who gets a ration and who remains starving. Survival is almost impossible.
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Human Resources
Single-player alternative to Rites & Receipts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Rites & Receipts.
You work in Human Resources. In this dystopian document thriller, use your terminal to scrutinize records and expose human-like AI. Spot contradictions to detect the impostors. Efficiency is mandatory. Failure is unforgivable.
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Beholder 2
Single-player alternative to Rites & Receipts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Rites & Receipts.
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
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Beholder
Single-player alternative to Rites & Receipts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
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Papers, Please
Single-player alternative to Rites & Receipts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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Beholder: Conductor
Single-player alternative to Rites & Receipts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Rites & Receipts.
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
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Lil' Guardsman
Single-player alternative to Rites & Receipts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Imagine you're a 12 year old, suddenly in charge of the guard shed at the castle gate, where you decide if elves, goblins and 100+ other characters should be admitted. It's a wonderful combination of deduction, narrative and puzzle games.
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Wait! Life is beautiful!
Single-player alternative to Rites & Receipts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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?