Single-player games like Chalk Paper Scissors
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Chalk Paper Scissors, 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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chihan
Single-player alternative to Chalk Paper Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Chalk Paper Scissors.
《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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Paint Me Back
Single-player alternative to Chalk Paper Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chalk Paper Scissors.
A cozy narrative adventure set in a museum unlike any other, where the great masterpieces of art history have lost their colors and their protagonists. Help George restore the paintings, bring the missing characters home and uncover what forced them to leave their paintings...
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Purrfect Tale
Single-player alternative to Chalk Paper Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chalk Paper Scissors.
When you awake, you find yourself transported back to the time when you were a student. You find it hard to breathe under the massive study load and oppressive environment, until you meet a stray cat that manages to wriggle its way into your world by chance...
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Hermes Library
Single-player alternative to Chalk Paper Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chalk Paper Scissors.
Hermes Library is a simulation game in which you will play as the new librarian Rainn Echo. In six weeks, you will be helping people to borrow and return books, while discovering hidden messages in books, meeting new friends and unraveling the mysteries happening at Hephaestus University.
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Late Ming: County Magistrate Simulation & Management
Single-player alternative to Chalk Paper Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chalk Paper Scissors.
Late Ming: Magistrate Simulation and Management is a county-building sim set in the chaotic late Ming Dynasty. Rule as a magistrate, rebuild your border town, raise troops, gather intelligence, explore underground treasures, and expand your power across overseas islands amid endless chaos.
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Take a Hint
Single-player alternative to Chalk Paper Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chalk Paper Scissors.
Take a Hint! is a comic-style visual novel where you control Delfina and must convince your best friend Ailén that her boyfriend is not good for her. It won't be easy, and no one will leave until the truth comes out.
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Oshi Trade Simulator
Single-player alternative to Chalk Paper Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chalk Paper Scissors.
A simulation game about oshi merch collecting and trading culture. Pull from the gacha, trade on the board, and build your dream collection. Unlock skills for an addictive collecting rush that keeps your favs piling up!
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MC not romancing LIs
Single-player alternative to Chalk Paper Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Chalk Paper Scissors.
"MC not romancing LIs" is a short visual novel. The story follows Tong Ren, the game's MC, who can see her "affection levels" with each of her "targets." But as an anime fangirl, she just wants to ship, not date! Faced with their advances... will she hold her ground, or fall into a romance?