Single-player games like Yokai Crossing
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Yokai Crossing, 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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Dark Alley
Single-player alternative to Yokai Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yokai Crossing.
A British detective has vanished in Kyoto. Step into Detective Bennett's shoes and uncover a mystery that reaches far beyond the Yakuza.
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The Empty Desk
Single-player alternative to Yokai Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yokai Crossing.
Immerse yourself in a psychological thriller with narrative adventure elements and unsettling details. Join Detective Bennett on his final case and uncover dark secrets in a world where reality bends and sanity wavers.
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Radiolight
Single-player alternative to Yokai Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yokai Crossing.
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
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Heavy Rain
Single-player alternative to Yokai Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Yokai Crossing.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
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Telling Lies
Single-player alternative to Yokai Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yokai Crossing.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
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Demonologist
Single-player alternative to Yokai Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yokai Crossing.
Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.
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Kona II: Brume
Single-player alternative to Yokai Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yokai Crossing.
Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.
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Dahlia View
Single-player alternative to Yokai Crossing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Yokai Crossing.
A child is missing. The police are failing. And you're a retired detective with a bit too much time on your hands. Time to throw out the rules & do whatever it takes to bring the child home. From the developers of I AM RIPPER, The Occupation & Ether One.