Single-player games like Plodding Recovery
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Plodding Recovery, 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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Trolley Problem, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Plodding Recovery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Plodding Recovery.
Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Single-player alternative to Plodding Recovery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Plodding Recovery.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Reigns
Single-player alternative to Plodding Recovery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Plodding Recovery.
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
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Closer the Distance
Single-player alternative to Plodding Recovery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Plodding Recovery.
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
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Cabernet
Single-player alternative to Plodding Recovery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Plodding Recovery.
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Single-player alternative to Plodding Recovery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Plodding Recovery.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
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Not For Broadcast
Single-player alternative to Plodding Recovery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Plodding Recovery.
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
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Sultan's Game
Single-player alternative to Plodding Recovery — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Plodding Recovery.
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?