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Single-player games like The Crown of Leaves

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Crown of Leaves, 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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    Magic City Detective: Wrath of the Ocean Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    Magic City Detective: Wrath of the Ocean Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to The Crown of Leaves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Crown of Leaves.

    Who says an impending tsunami isn't a good case for a detective? The Siren Lord didn't think much of the humans, and now that one of them has made his daughter disappear... How will you solve this problem?

    2024AdventureCasual7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scottside — Steam game cover

    Scottside

    Single-player alternative to The Crown of Leaves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crown of Leaves.

    "Scottside" is a non-linear visual novel in the thriller genre. A small provincial town may seem quite dull. However, everything changes when you find a strange object in the forest.

    IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Storyteller — Steam game cover

    Storyteller

    Single-player alternative to The Crown of Leaves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Crown of Leaves.

    Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!

    2023Adventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Winds of Change — Steam game cover

    Winds of Change

    Single-player alternative to The Crown of Leaves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crown of Leaves.

    Lead The Rebellion, build your army, and shape the world with your choices. A story-heavy adventure game with multiple endings, romance options, and non-linear storytelling. A vast fantasy world waiting to be explored. Inspired by Dragon Age, and Mass Effect. Fully voice acted by a stellar cast!

    2019IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TSIOQUE — Steam game cover

    TSIOQUE

    Single-player alternative to The Crown of Leaves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crown of Leaves.

    TSIOQUE (pronounced: "chiock") is a dark but playful Point & Click adventure, hand-animated in meticulous, frame-by-frame 2D. Escape the clutches of an Evil Wizard and discover the secrets hidden within the spellbound castle of your ancestors.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual6.29 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Red Strings Club — Steam game cover

    The Red Strings Club

    Single-player alternative to The Crown of Leaves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crown of Leaves.

    The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

    2018IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Strange Antiquities — Steam game cover

    Strange Antiquities

    Single-player alternative to The Crown of Leaves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crown of Leaves.

    Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rusty Lake Hotel — Steam game cover

    Rusty Lake Hotel

    Single-player alternative to The Crown of Leaves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crown of Leaves.

    Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

    2016IndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Undertale — Steam game cover

    Undertale

    Single-player alternative to The Crown of Leaves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Crown of Leaves.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Night in the Woods — Steam game cover

    Night in the Woods

    Single-player alternative to The Crown of Leaves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Crown of Leaves.

    NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.

    2017Adventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →