Single-player games like the 9th day:第九日
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to the 9th day:第九日, 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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Your Smile Beyond Twilight:黄昏下的月台上
Single-player alternative to the 9th day:第九日 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with the 9th day:第九日.
A story about forced smiles, coming to terms with the past, and love—but most of all, redemption.
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Sumire
Single-player alternative to the 9th day:第九日 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with the 9th day:第九日.
One Day, One Life. Sumire is a magical narrative adventure about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.
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SHUTEN ORDER
Single-player alternative to the 9th day:第九日 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with the 9th day:第九日.
"168 remaining until the end of the world..." Humanity is approaching its end. A sudden dismemberment murder of the leader of a religious nation that advocates an apocalyptic ideology... Five adventure games are combined into one, centered around a suspenseful story full of mystery and intrigue.
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Seven Days
Single-player alternative to the 9th day:第九日 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with the 9th day:第九日.
A couple of days before the summer holiday starts... Kanzaki Shuuichi receives a "cursed Blu-ray disc" from one of his friends and is possessed by a female ghost which, when exorcised, leaves behind the physical form of the female specter.
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Single-player alternative to the 9th day:第九日 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with the 9th day:第九日.
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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The NOexistenceN of you AND me
Single-player alternative to the 9th day:第九日 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with the 9th day:第九日.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
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Suicide Countdown: 7 Days
Single-player alternative to the 9th day:第九日 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with the 9th day:第九日.
Only 7 days remain until death embraces you -- the everyday life of a young boy begins to distort little by little, unfolding into a bizarre and ghastly series of events... When fate comes knocking, will you have the courage to make a choice?
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Gazing from beyond
Single-player alternative to the 9th day:第九日 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with the 9th day:第九日.
This is a galgame about college life, where you'll pursuit the love of your life. You'll surely experience hardship, triumph, happiness, sadness, maybe even trauma. Only time can heal all.
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Memory
Single-player alternative to the 9th day:第九日 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with the 9th day:第九日.
The little country town of Woodland Park is your home for the summer. Explore the town. Meet its inhabitants. Things long forgotten resurface and history is questioned. A beautiful young girl may be the key to untangling the truth, but will you solve the mystery?
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Banter Schooldays!!三〇一室无一人
Single-player alternative to the 9th day:第九日 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with the 9th day:第九日.
Banter Schooldays!! is a visual novel legal drama adventure game developed by the independent team Lingtan Studio.
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最后的47小时 - The Last 47 Hours
Single-player alternative to the 9th day:第九日 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with the 9th day:第九日.
"Let's break up in 47 hours!" The girl who has been in love with me for six years and will become my sweet bride next month, now declares. Are we really going to say goodbye after forty-seven hours?
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The Last Companion-我与我行将离去的小友。
Single-player alternative to the 9th day:第九日 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with the 9th day:第九日.
The Last Companion is a visual novel (a subgenre of advanture game) produced by the independent game production team Lingtan Studio.
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A Piece of Wish upon the Stars
Single-player alternative to the 9th day:第九日 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with the 9th day:第九日.
Graduated from high school, Guang gave up the opportunity to enter college and began to work, making a living for him and his little sister. However, all things seem to change in this summer. The hidden wish of Guang's little sister leads the track of their lives to meet in one midsummer day.