Single-player games like Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel, 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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Sovietpunk: Chapter one
Single-player alternative to Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel.
Sovietpunk is a cyberpunk story set in the setting of the Soviet Union after a global nuclear war. You have to guide the main character through the gloomy tunnels, in which the struggle for life is in full swing.
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r u n a w a y s
Single-player alternative to Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel.
A survival horror RPG that follows a pair of runaways escaping a hostile nighttime suburbia.
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Sawedoffriddler: Human Handshake Mode
Single-player alternative to Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel.
🧩 Solve brutally hard handshake riddles in a dark gothic pixel-art world. Decode Sawedoffbuddy, Sawedoffsob, and hidden phrase variations to unlock secrets, discover the true handshake, and conquer the mystery. 🔐🕯️👁️
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Univocity
Single-player alternative to Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel.
Univocity is a short cyberpunk visual novel wrapped in neon aesthetics with a lush atmospheric soundtrack, featuring a deep and emotional conversation between two people about taking down a global tech monopoly.
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Transregnum
Single-player alternative to Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel.
Step into a dystopian visual novel where secrets, betrayal, and self-discovery collide. Follow Garrett Marek's text-driven journey through a world ruled by Deus Magnus Rotamea. Unravel family mysteries, confront fate, and explore a linear story where every revelation brings you closer to the truth!
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Meet Her There
Single-player alternative to Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel.
A short, intense, dark visual narrative in 2 colors. You are stuck reliving a single day, over and over. Explore a tiny, giant world of a relationship between two people. Don't get arrested. Try to reach the person you love and escape the cursed time loop. Is it not too late?
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Mental Break
Single-player alternative to Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel.
Manage our AI girlfriend product as the newest engagement lead at Bigger Tech Corp. Make the tough choices for Alice as she slowly drives her user insane. A satirical choose-your-own-adventure with beautiful pixel art and widely branching narrative.
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CyberControl: Another Life
Single-player alternative to Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cyber City 2157: The Visual Novel.
An interactive cyberpunk drama where you live the life of a border officer in a brutal future ruled by tyranny, manipulation, and survival. Check documents, approve or deny entry, build relationships, and face nonlinear stories.