Single-player games like Pub Encounter
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Pub Encounter, 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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My Secret Pets!
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pub Encounter.
"My Secret Pets!" is a romance game where you can live a secret second life at home with your pets, which suddenly transformed into cute guys!
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Can I Not Fall for Idols?
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You’ve become the manager of a brand-new idol group—only to find yourself drowning in romance flags from the start! Love with idols is strictly forbidden. Can you survive this chaotic, no-love-allowed romcom—the first of its kind in the otome world!?
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The Charming Empire
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pub Encounter.
“The Charming Empire” is a dating simulation game set in the Taisho Roman era of Japanese history. Popular voice actors known for their talent in anime and video games bring our five main characters to life. Your ears will thank you to hear their performances across all the main scenarios.
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Cupid Parasite
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pub Encounter.
In finding love for the Parasite 5, will Cupid find love herself?
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Hatoful Boyfriend
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.
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Destiny's Princess: A War Story, A Love Story
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pub Encounter.
It's a game for girls designed with a dramatic storyline with an emphasis on an intriguing plot. You can fall in love with the well-known heroes of the Warring States Period!
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Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pub Encounter.
When two handsome young men spot the perfect girl to be their first model and help make a name for themselves, they're determined to go for broke and make her shine—but first they'll have to get her out of her house! Can these two really give such an anti-social recluse the makeover she needs to be a star?
- 8
Monster Prom
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You have 3 weeks to get a date for Monster Prom! Go through absurd and funny situations, raise your stats and seduce one of your classmates. Beautiful art, bold, unapologetic dialogue and hard choices make up this Multiplayer (1-4 players) Dating Sim. Be your worst self.
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My Butler
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pub Encounter.
"My Butler" is a game where you can enjoy falling in love with your personal butler. Each butler is a celebrity; sometimes they'll approach you softly...and sometimes forcefully.
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The Men of Yoshiwara: Kikuya
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pub Encounter.
"The Men of Yoshiwara" is a popular romance game for women. At the end, to whom is it that you will be talking of love? Vocal opening song/English text
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The Men of Yoshiwara: Ohgiya
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pub Encounter.
"The Men of Yoshiwara: Ohgiya" is a romance game for women, with the famous Yoshiwara pleasure districts as the setting -- but with the roles of men and women reversed!
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Office lovers
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pub Encounter.
It's a romance game where you can experience the thrill of an office romance where you have to keep your relationship secret. What will happen when you're alone with him in the conference room?
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The Amazing Shinsengumi: Heroes in Love
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pub Encounter.
The Shinsengumi: defenders of the capital. In this game, you can fall in love with a rugged, passionate Shinsengumi captain.
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Dangerous Relationship
Single-player alternative to Pub Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pub Encounter.
"Dangerous Relationship" is a game where you can enjoy the dangerous world of dating a celebrity. Get seduced while you're on the job and try to keep your relationship a secret!