Single-player games like A Story Beside
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to A Story Beside, 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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World's Dawn
Single-player alternative to A Story Beside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with A Story Beside.
Bring life back to a sleepy seaside village by building friendships, finding love, harvesting crops, tending livestock, competing in festivals, fishing, mining, discovering magical secrets and more!
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Closer the Distance
Single-player alternative to A Story Beside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with A Story Beside.
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
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What Comes After
Single-player alternative to A Story Beside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Story Beside.
What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back.
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Sumire
Single-player alternative to A Story Beside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Story Beside.
One Day, One Life. Sumire is a magical narrative adventure about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.
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To the Moon
Single-player alternative to A Story Beside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Story Beside.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
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If Found...
Single-player alternative to A Story Beside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with A Story Beside.
If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.
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Ghost on the Shore
Single-player alternative to A Story Beside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with A Story Beside.
An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.
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SEASON: A letter to the future
Single-player alternative to A Story Beside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Story Beside.
Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.