Single-player games like Kihaven
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Kihaven, 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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ハルシネーション
Single-player alternative to Kihaven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kihaven.
「現実と区別のつかない幻覚を見せる能力」を手に入れた高校生・拓海。復讐のために使い始めた力は、やがて彼自身の運命を大きく変えていく。選択によって結末が変化する心理サスペンスビジュアルノベル。
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How Many Calories Are In A Muffin?
Single-player alternative to Kihaven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kihaven.
A short story about a difficult day at work and a painful breakup that lingers; about depression, anxiety, and how they can lead to eating disorders. Do you know how many calories are in a muffin? Are you ready for what the answer implies?
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The Brothers Karamazov
Single-player alternative to Kihaven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kihaven.
Three brothers come back to the house of a father none of them loves: one for the money, one for the truth, one to save them all. Something terrible is about to happen here. Dostoevsky's whole novel, word for word.
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LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON
Single-player alternative to Kihaven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kihaven.
You choose a favorite and walk beside them. But those you left behind — where do they go while you're gone? LUNADUN: LUNATIC DUNGEON is an emotional adventure where choices shape the fate of four characters. 'The ones you loved, the ones you ignored — you don't get to walk away from either of them.'
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Tame or Conquered
Single-player alternative to Kihaven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kihaven.
You got isekai'd, only to wake up as a cursed saintess. You have 6 months to choose a husband from 7 yandere red flags.. or become a big tree and die. A "simple" psychological horror & dark romance VN.
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waga-mom
Single-player alternative to Kihaven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kihaven.
――My curfew is 8 PM. Having a helicopter mom is annoying, but it's not a big deal.
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The Zoo
Single-player alternative to Kihaven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Kihaven.
You've had the same dream all week: a school field trip to a zoo you can't leave, where the lions always find you in the end. Wander the zoo exhibits, make your choices, and search for the way out. A short, hand-painted interactive story about a recurring dream, and finally resolving it.
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Where Control Ends
Single-player alternative to Kihaven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Kihaven.
Where Control Ends is a psychological visual novel about Astra, a young girl trying to hold herself together after a night she cannot fully remember.