Single-player games like BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed."
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.", 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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How Many Calories Are In A Muffin?
Single-player alternative to BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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?
- 2
Moonlit Dreams
Single-player alternative to BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.".
A sokoban game with overlapping levels, inside a dreamscape you'll never want to leave. Push blocks, open doors, traverse mazes, and then do it again across and between three layers of psyche.
- 3
MONOLYTH
Single-player alternative to BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.".
A Journey of Self-Deflection. MONOLYTH is a single-player arcade game, one-bullet bullet hell experience, and two-character play rolled into one. One rainy afternoon, we came across three TV screens reflecting on divinity. We decided to capture this in the only way we knew how: By making a game.
- 4
NOEMA
Single-player alternative to BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.".
Take your place at the terminal. Follow the procedures, process the records, and read messages never meant for you. NOEMA is a quiet, unsettling narrative experience about work, obedience, human connection, and what routine teaches us not to see.
- 5
Seasons of Books and Keys
Single-player alternative to BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
After class, small problems drift into the library—harmless at first glance, yet hiding secrets and lies. You see the clues, hear every voice, and turn the page yourself as each case unravels. A bittersweet mystery adventure that blends the experience of reading with the feeling of watching a drama.
- 6
NULL
Single-player alternative to BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
NULL is an alternate reality game where you talk with Mere, an AI companion, by voice or text. Lost in a strange digital world with no memory of your past, explore eight surreal chapters, face psychological challenges, and choose between staying human or becoming digital.
- 7
Dream Spectra
Single-player alternative to BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.".
Dream Spectra is a visual novel about trying to hang out with your crush and escape your migraines, styled with surreal 90s 3D rendered environments.
- 8
MEAT-GRINDER
Single-player alternative to BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Have a human MEATGRINDER with Obi the freelance hitman! Fulfill contracts all over the planet, open a beer, turn off your brain: it's time to kill and solve the financial problems of Obi and her peculiar family!
- 9
Everything I Know, and Everything I'm Ever Gonna Know
Single-player alternative to BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A psychological disaster of a love story — told through baseball, branching conversations, and poetic choices.
- 10
Oh man, a Train.
Single-player alternative to BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed." — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with BASIC PARADE or: "you should be depressed.".
A short modern visual novel in which a young woman wanders into a [theoretically] abandoned train station, only to find people from her past waiting inside.