Single-player games like The Wind from the East
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Wind from the East, 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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不可能犯罪事件簿-Impossible Crime Book
Single-player alternative to The Wind from the East — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wind from the East.
This is a decryption class of interactive novel. One accident, two suicides. In order to prevent more innocent lives from being killed, you will be assigned to lurk on campus with your partner and find out the suspicious in different criminal cases.
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大鹏 - The Roc
Single-player alternative to The Wind from the East — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wind from the East.
Due to work, Wu Shengyou was forced to leave home for high school in a big city. The sensitive, introverted poet felt out of place with classmates.As they grew closer, he seemed her only friend, yet appeared to completely misunderstand her inner thoughts...
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风起长安:驭骨人
Single-player alternative to The Wind from the East — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wind from the East.
This is a Chinese style otome game!
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Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
Single-player alternative to The Wind from the East — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wind from the East.
Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.
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风信楼
Single-player alternative to The Wind from the East — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wind from the East.
昏君误国,怨声载道,无数野心家暗起反心。在京城一家青楼的掩饰下,你培养手下、积攒钱财、收集情报、建立人脉,等待兵变夺权的最好时机……《风信楼》是一部拥有海量选项和丰富剧情的高自由度养成游戏——百种不同结局,尽在你的选择之中。
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Single-player alternative to The Wind from the East — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wind from the East.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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锈翅 逃离我的家乡 Without Wings
Single-player alternative to The Wind from the East — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Wind from the East.
玩家将以第一视角,扮演一名高中辍学的女孩,她被迫进入注塑厂打工。后来,她通过一款网络游戏,认识了大城市里的男孩阿澈,她义无反顾地向着有阿澈的未来奔去,也是向着能够逃离大山的未来奔去。在这跨越千里的鸿沟之间,她经历了期待、欣喜、意外、无助……最终,你将做出怎样的选择?
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雪凤山 Secret Opera
Single-player alternative to The Wind from the East — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Wind from the East.
In the Spring Festival of 2005, the blizzard in Xuefeng mountain trapped the drama troupe performing in the village. At the same time, there was a homicide during the performance. Unlike the nervous members of the drama troupe, the villagers were afraid of a more terrible existence than the homicide