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Single-player games like Manei Monogatari

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Manei Monogatari, 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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    赫斯提的餐桌 — Steam game cover

    赫斯提的餐桌

    Single-player alternative to Manei Monogatari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Manei Monogatari.

    "Table of Hesti" is a simulation management game with themes of restaurants and farms. From planting, animal husbandry, fishing, to cooking, you will learn everything about food and drink from scratch, gradually understanding the people and life on this land.

    SimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    城市怪谈之不要看月亮 — Steam game cover

    城市怪谈之不要看月亮

    Single-player alternative to Manei Monogatari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Manei Monogatari.

    The moon, once serene, now portends doom. Air raid sirens blare, TVs warn: "Do not look at the moon." Your world's turned upside down. Messages flood in, all asking: How to survive in this world of bizarre rules?

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    残雪凝辉录-Truth in Turbulent — Steam game cover

    残雪凝辉录-Truth in Turbulent

    Single-player alternative to Manei Monogatari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Manei Monogatari.

    Truth in Turbulent "Truth in Turbulent" is an AVG mystery set in a chaotic era. As Meng Xubai, uncover truths behind your uncle's disappearance and find the truth with wit and courage.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    夏日重奏 — Steam game cover

    夏日重奏

    Single-player alternative to Manei Monogatari — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    夏日重奏 is a visual novel RPG in which you play as a seemingly ordinary high school student. In order to reclaim a once-lost dream of music, you will strive to improve yourself, search for teammates, spark new chemistry with your companions, and ultimately decide both your own future and theirs.

    RPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Review Responder — Steam game cover

    Review Responder

    Single-player alternative to Manei Monogatari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Manei Monogatari.

    As a review responder for an e-commerce store, you face various customer complaints and must make critical decisions. Will you sincerely apologize, firmly refute, or skillfully defuse the situation? Every choice impacts your store's performance and determines the course of your career.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tide Terminal — Steam game cover

    Tide Terminal

    Single-player alternative to Manei Monogatari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Manei Monogatari.

    In 2030, the Red Tide virus turned every robot rogue overnight. You found the Tide Terminal — a device that commands them. Build your base, awaken 18 machines with stories of their own, and take back the world, one city at a time. An idle strategy sim with branching stories and 12 endings.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure1.59 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Losers Team — Steam game cover

    The Losers Team

    Single-player alternative to Manei Monogatari — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Lu Yunjie, a junior high school student, annoyed the school bully group by accident. But he also got a powerful superpower unintentionally. With this power, he challenged the bullies, triggering a series of funny events

    2025RPGCasual3.00 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    舔狗模拟器 — Steam game cover

    舔狗模拟器

    Single-player alternative to Manei Monogatari — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    "Dog Licking Simulator" is a relaxing and casual love-making game. Players need to interact with their goddess in the game, and often give the goddess various cosmetics, luxury goods, takeaways, milk tea, etc. to increase themselves Feelings with the goddess.

    2021IndieRPGCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monte Cristo: Vengeance — Steam game cover

    Monte Cristo: Vengeance

    Single-player alternative to Manei Monogatari — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Manei Monogatari.

    A faithful investigative visual novel adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic. Follow Edmond Dantès from betrayal and imprisonment to escape, transformation and revenge. Examine historical scenes, connect evidence, solve deductions and shape his fate across an eight-act story with multiple endings.

    AdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →