Single-player games like Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting, 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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Analogue: A Hate Story
Single-player alternative to Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A dark visual mystery novel featuring transhumanism, traditional marriage, loneliness, and cosplay. Two pursuable characters. Five endings. Welcome to the future.
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Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Single-player alternative to Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting.
When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?
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Life is Strange: True Colors
Single-player alternative to Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting.
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
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Date Warp
Single-player alternative to Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting.
Five days ago, Janet left her dorm to go on a date - and never came back. Was she kidnapped? Murdered? The truth may be even stranger. Solve puzzles to connect together pieces of the story in a science-fiction adventure with eleven possible endings!
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彷徨之街 The Street of Adrift
Single-player alternative to Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting.
大小姐与头牌花魁的羁绊、救赎与毁灭故事。
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Mystery Lover:Nonexistent Memories
Single-player alternative to Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting.
《恋爱绮谭 不存在的回忆》是国产悬疑恋爱AVG《恋爱绮谭》系列第三部作品，也是系列的解谜篇。在前作《不存在的夏天》与《不存在的真相》中留下的诸多谜团，将在《恋爱绮谭 不存在的回忆》中解答，系列的故事还在继续。
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南栀 Unwavering love
Single-player alternative to Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting.
《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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Until Then
Single-player alternative to Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Backtrace: Mechanisms for Forgetting.
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.