Single-player games like Duplex Lens
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Duplex Lens, 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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I Stole My Boss' Boy Toy
Single-player alternative to Duplex Lens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Duplex Lens.
You find a terrified young man hiding in your apartment hallway. The twist? He just escaped from your sadistic boss. Desperate for college tuition, this brilliant art student was tricked by a shady agency. Now, hide him, protect him and plot your revenge. Your choices dictate his fate!
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七号楼 Building No. 7
Single-player alternative to Duplex Lens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duplex Lens.
《七号楼》是一款九十年代复古风格的横版悬疑解谜探索游戏。 玩家将操作主角穿梭于破败废弃的建筑空间之中,通过仔细搜集残留证物、破译暗藏的机密文档,并破解复杂的机关谜题,一步步地拼凑出隐藏的事件全貌。游戏的核心吸引力在于以剧情为核心驱动力的深度搜证与推理玩法,完美结合了横版环境探索与压抑诡异的时间幻境跃迁。精美还原的九十年代感场景配以沉浸式氛围及音乐效果,将带给玩家抽丝剥茧、破解悬疑烧脑真相的极致探索乐趣。
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海鸥灯塔Seagull Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to Duplex Lens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duplex Lens.
In a lighthouse, you read letters, write back, and wait. Only a sea, a flock of seagulls that deliver bottles, and bottles that drift in from nowhere, carrying the lives of strangers inside. Your replies may shape their stories. In an age of anxiety and speed, let yourself slow down.
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是谁偷走了我的人生?
Single-player alternative to Duplex Lens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Duplex Lens.
《是谁偷走了我的人生?》是一部发生在虚构自由城市“伯利蒂尔”的中长篇青春群像视觉小说。玩家将跟随社会学新生荆千和,在高校城中结识孔澄洸、池迟望等人,并通过轻量互动,逐渐走近她们各自隐藏的过去与困境。 “我,荆千和,失去了初中三年的记忆。” 来到伯利蒂尔后,她拥有了新的朋友与珍贵的日常,遗失的青春似乎正一点点重新生长。直到那个少年平静地说: “记住我,然后,去改变。” 当被掩埋的真相浮出水面,那些曾经失去的、渴望的,以及无法改变的过去,又将把她们带向怎样的未来? 愿你走完这段旅程时,也能重新找到属于自己的人生。
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wonderful florescence
Single-player alternative to Duplex Lens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duplex Lens.
Winter is drawing near.As a girl from the Lower City, you'll journey to Midcity and meet the people who will change your life—and whose lives you'll change in return. Experience a heartfelt story of dreams, growth, and unexpected encounters.
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Last Days
Single-player alternative to Duplex Lens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Duplex Lens.
The gods have blessed New Canaan for four hundred years, and everyone - including Sister Ginsetsu - thought it would go on forever, until the day Ginsetsu met the gods of New Canaan. Since then, the story between the maiden who calls herself a god, and the maiden who will become a god has begun.
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风起长安:驭骨人
Single-player alternative to Duplex Lens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Duplex Lens.
This is a Chinese style otome game!
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东方异乡录 ~the Apocryphal Gensoukyou
Single-player alternative to Duplex Lens — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Casual with Duplex Lens.
《东方异乡录 ~the Apocryphal Gensoukyou》是一款东方Project主题的短篇视觉小说游戏。主要讲述了在河城荷取的邀请下,雾雨魔理沙、爱丽丝·玛格特洛依德、帕秋莉·诺蕾姬三人在虚拟世界“Apocryphal Land”中冒险的爆笑喜剧故事。