Single-player games like Hostage Down
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Hostage Down, 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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Upheaval
Single-player alternative to Hostage Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostage Down.
Spend your time well: in 30 days a powerful Magician arrives, and everything changes! Explore the wilds around your remote village, learn from mistakes, recover magical artifacts, and turn setbacks into advantages in this text-based open world roguelike adventure. Time's up: Upheaval is here again!
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Escape from Norwood
Single-player alternative to Hostage Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostage Down.
Explore a city that lives without your input in this illustrated text adventure. Observe the lives of its inhabitants behind the veil of your invisibility magic. Find items and combine them to solve intricate puzzles. Set your own pace as you control time and move freely in an open fantasy world.
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MoonShot
Single-player alternative to Hostage Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostage Down.
You're a NASA intern working on the Apollo 11 project. Each day, you have a checklist to complete. Your tasks are well-reasoned and appropriate to your skill level as an intern. The Apollo team are all competent professionals. Everything goes very well, and you have no difficulties at all. 😛
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Survive, Resist, Collaborate - a World War 2 Choice-Based Story
Single-player alternative to Hostage Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostage Down.
A fully narrated branching narrative game set in occupied Netherlands during World War 2. Every choice shapes the fate of a young Dutch civilian. Will you resist the Germans? Simply try to survive? Or join them in the fight against Bolshevism? Based on real events.
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Alcyone: The Last City
Single-player alternative to Hostage Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostage Down.
Alcyone: The Last City is an interactive sci-fi novel where your choices can lead to the salvation or destruction of the last refuge of civilisation in the universe. Immerse yourself in a branching narrative of diverse characters, intrigue, and world-altering decisions.
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Touhou: Beyond Gensokyo
Single-player alternative to Hostage Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Hostage Down.
Discover the mysteries of Gensokyo through the lens of Shin, a photographer from the outside world. In this immersive visual novel, join forces with the shrine maiden Reimu Hakurei to unravel the truth behind this incident and stop the enigmatic Kurohana.
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To Type a Tale
Single-player alternative to Hostage Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostage Down.
To Type a Tale is a fantasy choose-your-own-adventure story where the only method of interaction is typing. Story progress, choices, and menus are all achieved through typing highlighted words.
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Single-player alternative to Hostage Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hostage Down.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
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Toys Gun Fire Boom
Single-player alternative to Hostage Down — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Hostage Down.
A small action game 4 players, each for yourself or in cooperation, in a destructible decor.