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Single-player games like Sterile Childhood: Case 17

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Sterile Childhood: Case 17, 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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    Chinese Strange Stories — Steam game cover

    Chinese Strange Stories

    Single-player alternative to Sterile Childhood: Case 17 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sterile Childhood: Case 17.

    Step into a living Chinese painting that blends the mystical, supernatural, and the struggles of daily life in the final years of the Ming dynasty. Experience a unique mix of classic turn-based RPG mechanics and dynamic card battling, where strategy and fate intertwine.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project Serial — Steam game cover

    Project Serial

    Single-player alternative to Sterile Childhood: Case 17 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sterile Childhood: Case 17.

    This city eats people. Don the mask of a serial killer in this deckbuilding roguelike interactive story-based RPG. Become The Loner and explore the rhetoric of your mind, defuse gangs and psychopaths, massacre your enemies, and unravel the secrets of the city.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue Reigns — Steam game cover

    Rogue Reigns

    Single-player alternative to Sterile Childhood: Case 17 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sterile Childhood: Case 17.

    Rogue Reigns is a dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder about trust and sacrifice. Lead selfish antiheroes through a world where death is no more, and something still hunts them. Build synergies that bind them or rivalries that break them. Nobody dies, some are sacrificed, but everybody is condemned.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Webs of Reverie — Steam game cover

    Webs of Reverie

    Single-player alternative to Sterile Childhood: Case 17 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sterile Childhood: Case 17.

    Webs of Reverie is a first-person Survival horror game where you must explore the halls of Ironveil Psychiatric Hospital, solving puzzles, avoid detection from the staff, and managing your sanity levels. Will you decipher the clues and safely escape or fall victim to what hides in the shadows?

    IndieRPGFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Battle Suit Aces — Steam game cover

    Battle Suit Aces

    Single-player alternative to Sterile Childhood: Case 17 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sterile Childhood: Case 17.

    Battle Suit Aces is a Saturday morning cartoon where you're at the helm! Grow your roster of charming mech pilots as you immerse yourself in thrilling story missions and charge into card combat. Suit Up!

    2025StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    THE SPIRIT LIFT — Steam game cover

    THE SPIRIT LIFT

    Single-player alternative to Sterile Childhood: Case 17 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sterile Childhood: Case 17.

    A retro horror deckbuilder roguelike set in a haunted hotel in the 1990s. Choose your teens, explore and fight! If you die rewind the night!

    2026StrategyAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Strange Antiquities — Steam game cover

    Strange Antiquities

    Single-player alternative to Sterile Childhood: Case 17 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sterile Childhood: Case 17.

    Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hadean Tactics — Steam game cover

    Hadean Tactics

    Single-player alternative to Sterile Childhood: Case 17 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sterile Childhood: Case 17.

    Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!

    2023StrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →