Single-player games like Happy Project 12
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Happy Project 12, 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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Ludus: A Gladiator Story
Single-player alternative to Happy Project 12 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Happy Project 12.
A fully voiced branching narrative RPG of the Roman arena with a unique engraving and VO for every choice and outcome. Four origins, over 1,800 choices, and 19 endings. You will bleed on the sand. The only question is whether you bleed for them, or for yourself. Every choice leaves a scar.
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Traveler Stories: Journeys of Real People
Single-player alternative to Happy Project 12 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Happy Project 12.
"Is this really the life you want?" A visual novel with simple life-sim elements, based on 80% true stories from world travelers. Step behind the bar in Tokyo, encounter extraordinary lives, and challenge your values. A simulation to rediscover yourself and open the door to a "new you."
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Jin Ping Mei: Qinghe Reverie
Single-player alternative to Happy Project 12 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Happy Project 12.
In Qinghe County during the Northern Song, manage businesses and household affairs, build relationships, gather rumors and evidence, and set schemes in motion. As Ximen Qing, balance time, wealth, reputation and favors while your choices reshape lives, fortunes and endings.
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Medieval Fantasy Survival Simulator
Single-player alternative to Happy Project 12 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Happy Project 12.
You're gonna get yourself killed out here... There's monsters, bandits, and much, much worse roaming these lands... Do you really think you've got what it takes to survive? Or do you think you're cut out for much more than that... There's only one way to find out, and time is of the essence!
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30 Days Another
Single-player alternative to Happy Project 12 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Happy Project 12.
「30 Days」 will change someone's life, maybe your life.
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Checkpoint '38
Single-player alternative to Happy Project 12 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Happy Project 12.
A roguelike narrative simulation of life as a border guard in Nazi Germany. Inspect passports, detect forged documents, and approve or deny entry as restrictions tighten. Every traveler brings a choice that could save a life or condemn it. Your job is to obey. Your conscience says otherwise.
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牛马兄弟职场记
Single-player alternative to Happy Project 12 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Happy Project 12.
Cow & Horse Bros.: Office Diaries is an anthropomorphic workplace sim. Featuring cel-shaded anime art, it recreates real office routines & teamwork with funny stories. Casual story-focused gameplay, simple controls for relaxing spare-time fun.
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Space to Grow
Single-player alternative to Happy Project 12 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Happy Project 12.
A visual novel where you play as a farmer, father, and community member. Decide what to plant, which faction to support, and what kind of dad you want to be. How will you react when your daughter won't stop crying? When she bullies her friend? Or when she wants to hang out with the cool kids?