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Single-player games like Sorry, James

Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Sorry, James, 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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    Stories Untold — Steam game cover

    Stories Untold

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sorry, James.

    Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

    2017IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ghostpunk — Steam game cover

    Ghostpunk

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sorry, James.

    Investigate paranormal cases using a 1990s CRT terminal. Analyze photos. Decode audio. Interrogate suspects and decide what’s real, what’s fake and who’s lying. But the deeper you go, the more the system starts watching you back.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    杀青 — Steam game cover

    杀青

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sorry, James.

    "Shaqing" is a Chinese horror puzzle game set in "Wuzhan Town". Players must help the protagonist escape an evil scene where dreams and reality blur, and save his beloved. The objective is to help the protagonist escape and save his beloved.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure4.19 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Welcome to the Game II — Steam game cover

    Welcome to the Game II

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sorry, James.

    Welcome to the Game II is an atmospheric horror / strategy / puzzle game that takes you into the world of the deep web in search of the shadow web. Play as an investigative reporter trying to solve a case of a mysterious woman broadcasting for help as masked men are on the hunt to kill her.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HackMeNow — Steam game cover

    HackMeNow

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sorry, James.

    A terminal-style hacking puzzle game where every command matters. Investigate logs, decode secrets, avoid traps, and uncover the rogue system watching from behind the screen.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SpreadCheat — Steam game cover

    SpreadCheat

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Sorry, James.

    SpreadCheat is a puzzle game that fuses intricate spreadsheet challenges with a comedic, 90s financial vibe in a retro Windows 3.11 setting. The Player takes on the role of the new office prodigy, solving absurd tasks and manipulating spreadsheet cells to hit specific targets using clever formulas.

    2025StrategyAdventureSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Digital Anima: Virtual Lifeform Care Kit — Steam game cover

    Digital Anima: Virtual Lifeform Care Kit

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sorry, James.

    Digital Anima: Electronic Life Form Raising Kit is a psychological desktop invasion horror game where you raise a virtual pet on your own computer. Raise a Digima inside a tiny window on your desktop and watch the conspiracy behind its evolution and the truth about its developer slowly unravel.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Other Side Of Mist And Mountain — Steam game cover

    Other Side Of Mist And Mountain

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sorry, James.

    In 2005, a sophomore student named Maha Igarashi boarded a private train to Soukyo City. However, she vanished upon alighting at the "Kisaragi" station. Five years later, her lover, Shizuno Yokoyama, initiated an investigation into her disappearance, unraveling a series of mysteries along the way.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation4.39 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hexcells — Steam game cover

    Hexcells

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sorry, James.

    Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

    2014StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  10. 10
    Sudoku Universe / 数独宇宙 — Steam game cover

    Sudoku Universe / 数独宇宙

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sorry, James.

    Making the best Sudoku game on Steam.

    2017StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wayout — Steam game cover

    Wayout

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sorry, James.

    Relax, clear your mind and find the way out.

    2016IndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lines X — Steam game cover

    Lines X

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sorry, James.

    Beautiful & relaxing Numberlink puzzles.

    2017StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lines Infinite — Steam game cover

    Lines Infinite

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sorry, James.

    Beautiful & relaxing Numberlink puzzles.

    2017StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wayout 2: Hex — Steam game cover

    Wayout 2: Hex

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sorry, James.

    Can you find it again?

    2017IndieCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nonogram - The Greatest Painter — Steam game cover

    Nonogram - The Greatest Painter

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sorry, James.

    Do you deserve to be called The Greatest?

    2018StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sudoku Killer / 杀手数独 — Steam game cover

    Sudoku Killer / 杀手数独

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sorry, James.

    Killer Sudoku (Sumdoku/Mathdoku/Addoku) puzzles include all the rules of regular Sudoku, but add in dashed-line 'cages', which must sum to given values. This great brain exerciser will provide you many hours of new Sudoku experience and be nice addition to your puzzle collection.

    2018StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sudoku Jigsaw / 拼图数独 — Steam game cover

    Sudoku Jigsaw / 拼图数独

    Single-player alternative to Sorry, James — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sorry, James.

    Love Sudoku, but tired of default one? Try this.

    2018StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →