Single-player games like HEADLINER
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to HEADLINER, 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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Headliner: NoviNews
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
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Not For Broadcast
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
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Beholder 2
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
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Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
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Orwell: Ignorance is Strength
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.
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Papers, Please
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
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Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?
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Mind Scanners
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with HEADLINER.
Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...
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The Westport Independent
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with HEADLINER.
The Westport Independent is a censorship simulator taking place in a post-war country, governed by the recently elected Loyalist Party. As the editor of one of the last independent newspapers in the country, your job is to remove and edit the content of your paper, affecting the people’s opinion of both the rebels and the Loyalist...
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Rain on Your Parade
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Travel the world as a cute cardboard cloud and ruin everybody's day! Unlock new methods of mischief in over 50 levels, each with unique setting and objectives. This is an adorable schadenfreude simulator!
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Just Crow Things
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
You're a little crow trying to prove herself to the world. Make new animal friends, poop on unsuspecting hoomans, and steal all the shiny trinkets! Each level is a little sandbox full of fun items to discover and puzzles to solve, while leaving a bit of chaos behind. Why? Just caws!
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Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation
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Karaski: What Goes Up...
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
An immersive sim-lite in a fictional historical setting. You are on the world's first airship about to crash down and have to find the culprit. Sneak around, break into cabins, interrogate passengers, find evidence - but be careful not to incriminate yourself!
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FULFILLMENT
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Exciting Adventure About the Joys of Working at an Amazin' Fulfillment Center! Short, social commentary game that is 100% free, no micro-transactions.
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Leaf Blower Man: This Game Blows!
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Blow leaves at 6am on a Sunday and earn points by annoying all the neighbors. But beware - unexpected challenges await on your journey to rid the world of leaves!
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Cleaning Up!
Single-player alternative to HEADLINER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with HEADLINER.
Turn huge messes into sparkling spaces! Feel the satisfaction of restoring them to order with your super-powered cleaning tools. This is a short and simple game about the joy of tidying up!