Single-player games like Never give up!
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Never give up!, 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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These nights in Cairo
Single-player alternative to Never give up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Never give up!.
Otome visual novel. Margaret Dawson is girl dreaming to become full-fledged archaeologist. Together with her father she departs to the excavations of mysterious tomb in Egypt, but there she faces some oddities.
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The Heiress of Sorcery
Single-player alternative to Never give up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Never give up!.
The young healer girl is accused of witchcraft after a strange disease outbreak in the town. Can the girl prove her innocence and find a real source of the epidemic? And who is this mysterious sorcerer who appeared at the same time with the disease?
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Anicon - Animal Complex - Rabbit's Path
Single-player alternative to Never give up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Never give up!.
A romance, comedy, fantasy Visual Novel - filled with adventures, misadventures, adorable animals, brother conflicts, circus cleaning, collecting puzzle pieces, and more - all in one package!
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Sweet fantasy
Single-player alternative to Never give up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Never give up!.
Visual novel. Young and pretty nymph Pumpkin fell in love with her mistress.
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Sounds of Verity
Single-player alternative to Never give up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Never give up!.
There is unease in the demonic astral plain these days. The Nothern king is dead, and the prince is about to rise to the throne. But he is a strange silent lad. Human commoners (like me) have nothing to do with the local intrigue. Yet...somehow I am now in the very epicenter of this revolution?!
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Crossroad
Single-player alternative to Never give up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Never give up!.
Every granddaughter visits her grandmother for tea and something delicious to eat. Lumy is no different from millions of other girls. That is, except for one thing…
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Let`s not stay friends
Single-player alternative to Never give up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Never give up!.
Friendship is a wonderful thing… unless you are friends with a girl who has no idea you have feelings for her! Inske, a student of magical arts, is troubled by the upcoming outdoors exam, and can't even imagine that someone might want to use the test as an opportunity to get close to her.
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Cinderella Phenomenon: Evermore
Single-player alternative to Never give up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Never give up!.
What happens after Happily Ever After…?
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Escape from the Princess
Single-player alternative to Never give up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Never give up!.
Rosetta dreams of becoming a magician, but she isn't cut out for it. Fate brings her together with a mysterious witch, who is pursued by the princess herself. The witch promises to make Rosetta a magician in return for her help. But Rose falls in love with a witch who is clearly hiding something.
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Big Red Hood: Halloween
Single-player alternative to Never give up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Never give up!.
Match-2. Erotic adventures with maidens of different kinds, intrigues, and epic final await you. The game will impress as the fans of visual novels, so as good puzzle lovers.