Single-player games like 爱人如养虫
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to 爱人如养虫, 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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铜刀银剑
Single-player alternative to 爱人如养虫 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with 爱人如养虫.
During the Xining era of the Northern Song, a corrupt chancellor plunged the court into chaos, waged reckless wars, favored commoners over scholar-officials, and sought to redirect the Yellow River. Fearing ruin, the martial world chose four champions to slay him: Wang Anshi.
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chihan
Single-player alternative to 爱人如养虫 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with 爱人如养虫.
《赤涵》是一款百合文字冒险游戏。失去母亲的高中生王静，为了忘却过去而沉浸在两点一线的平凡生活中。然而在高二的开学典礼后，两个神秘的转校生闯入了她的视野，回家路上还被一个美丽女孩吸取鲜血，怪事频频发生，从此与名叫“赤涵”的生物纠缠不清，唤醒母亲的奇迹似乎触手可及……
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童谣无忌
Single-player alternative to 爱人如养虫 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with 爱人如养虫.
In 1998, journalist Gu Yao comes to the mountain village of Hongluo after an anonymous letter. A nursery rhyme points to a chain of old murders. Slowly reveal the truth of the case from back then.
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阿宅的我被二次元女同事搭讪了！
Single-player alternative to 爱人如养虫 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with 爱人如养虫.
（本作根据真实事件改编）你是一名刚毕业的程序员阿宅，入职第一天就被二次元女同事七海强势搭讪，这位爱捉弄你的可爱坏女人，用各种甜蜜伎俩猛攻你的心房！游戏拥有29个HappyEnd，从嘴硬到心动，你能扛过几轮攻势？宅男与同事的恋爱日常，就这样开始啦！
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Maggot House~Song of the Hanging Mirror~
Single-player alternative to 爱人如养虫 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with 爱人如养虫.
Aliens turned humans into "maggots" – toiling underground, eating rotten flesh. Xingzhi has a house. Her and her tenants' fates are in your hands. Save Ku Yi? Follow Qi Qian? Each choice leads somewhere else. The road up is stained with blood. The answer is yours.
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蓝琥珀
Single-player alternative to 爱人如养虫 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with 爱人如养虫.
这是一部关于创造与魔法的短篇视觉小说。作为散步社最后的成员时琴，与热爱摄影的少女云夏结伴同行，校外森林、海崖灯塔、倒悬的古船废墟、山顶的禁区迷雾......在毕业列车到来之前，在散步中探寻着传说能实现任何愿望的蓝琥珀。
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崇文书院
Single-player alternative to 爱人如养虫 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with 爱人如养虫.
Set in the golden Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty. Chongwen Academy on White Deer Plain shelters more than scholars — it hides martial artists with secrets, exiled nobles, and nameless assassins. A historical visual novel woven with court intrigue and jianghu romance.
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Coffee flavor of love 咖啡甜恋
Single-player alternative to 爱人如养虫 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with 爱人如养虫.
Sweet love begins in the coffee shop. Office romances of coffee shop employees. This is a visual novel game with two endings.