Single-player games like Dere Quintet
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dere Quintet, 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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Arcadia Fallen
Single-player alternative to Dere Quintet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Dere Quintet.
Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Dere Quintet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Dere Quintet.
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to Dere Quintet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Casual with Dere Quintet.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Persona 5 Royal
Single-player alternative to Dere Quintet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Dere Quintet.
Don the mask and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as they stage grand heists, infiltrate the minds of the corrupt, and make them change their ways!
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CLANNAD
Single-player alternative to Dere Quintet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Dere Quintet.
From the world renowned visual novel studio Key, the highly rated story of CLANNAD is now available on Steam! Improved visuals, achievement integration, and Dangopedia make this the best version of CLANNAD to date.
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Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
Single-player alternative to Dere Quintet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Dere Quintet.
Welcome to the club! Write poems for your crush and experience the terror of school romance in this critically-acclaimed psychological horror story.
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Hatoful Boyfriend
Single-player alternative to Dere Quintet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Dere Quintet.
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.
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Elisa: the Innkeeper
Single-player alternative to Dere Quintet — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Inspired by the Italian culture and taking place in a western Fantasy setting, our visual novel introduces the story of Elisa, a beautiful owner of an inn, struggling with the amorous proposal of honorable Knights, high born Princes and rich Merchants.