Single-player games like Bub
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Bub, 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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His World
Single-player alternative to Bub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bub.
His World is a short visual novel game where you play as a young shy introvert boy and witness his life with his family and get to see his internal world and struggles. You also make a few decisions throughout the game that will decide on one of game's multiple endings.
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Game of Mods
Single-player alternative to Bub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bub.
You make mods. Other players walk through them. Game of Mods ships with five contemplative chapters—each an obstacle of mind—as proof of format, then hands you the full creator toolkit. Local AI dialogue. macOS Apple Silicon. Early Access.
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Filthy us 2
Single-player alternative to Bub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bub.
千禧年初西北某地，一起恶性杀人事件轰动一时，行凶者临死前紧紧握着半张佛脸，他强烈的怨念引起了“无者”的注意。随着探究的深入，竟又牵扯出十年前另一起纵火灭门案！相同的一尊佛像，背后暗藏的究竟是天灾还是人祸。在那片由怨念产生的怨秽地之中，种种诡异可怖的表象之下，深埋着未知的秘密。
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Before Your Eyes
Single-player alternative to Bub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bub.
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
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Anamorphine
Single-player alternative to Bub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bub.
Explore the past as you resolve the present in Anamorphine, a surreal adventure of rendered emotions. Journey into the mind of the main character, a young man in denial. His subconscious is pushing him to face his past - or be consumed by it.
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Welcome to Elk
Single-player alternative to Bub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bub.
True stories told by real people. Welcome to Elk transforms the weird, wonderful, dark and desperate tales of the road less-traveled into an inventive, biographical adventure. This is an island like no other where drama, trauma, love and laughter hide around every corner.
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The Last Show of Mr. Chardish
Single-player alternative to Bub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bub.
Decades have passed and the Actress, Ella, returns to the abandoned theatre to uncover a preserved collection of extraordinary performances. Explore a variety of magical, hand-painted worlds as you collect the lost pieces of the past.
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to Bub — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bub.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.