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Single-player games like 绝望游戏 / Desperate game

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to 绝望游戏 / Desperate game, 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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    七个小矮人2 / Seven boys 2 — Steam game cover

    七个小矮人2 / Seven boys 2

    Single-player alternative to 绝望游戏 / Desperate game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 绝望游戏 / Desperate game.

    A pure hand - painted of modern fiction loving game, the story is full of vicious real factor underneath the surface of fairy tale. As the player, you will have to run errands for the seven boys to escape and survive. They are warlords, thieves, liars, murderers ... ... and, such a lovely girl (actually he is a boy?

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    甜点恋人 / Pastry Lovers — Steam game cover

    甜点恋人 / Pastry Lovers

    Single-player alternative to 绝望游戏 / Desperate game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 绝望游戏 / Desperate game.

    Pastry Lovers is an adventure simulation game that sets in a fantastic Pastry Kingdom. Sakura, the main character, grows into a pastry master and gains romantic love.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A group of beauties surrounded me — Steam game cover

    A group of beauties surrounded me

    Single-player alternative to 绝望游戏 / Desperate game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 绝望游戏 / Desperate game.

    This is a male-oriented, high-freedom cultivation work. You are the wealthiest man, surrounded by beauty. A total of 155 characters can be pursued, with one tailored to your preferences. The work has super high freedom, with no fixed plot. Come explore five very different plot lines quickly!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    城市怪谈之不要看月亮 — Steam game cover

    城市怪谈之不要看月亮

    Single-player alternative to 绝望游戏 / Desperate game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 绝望游戏 / Desperate game.

    The moon, once serene, now portends doom. Air raid sirens blare, TVs warn: "Do not look at the moon." Your world's turned upside down. Messages flood in, all asking: How to survive in this world of bizarre rules?

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ritual on the Eve 前夜祭 — Steam game cover

    Ritual on the Eve 前夜祭

    Single-player alternative to 绝望游戏 / Desperate game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 绝望游戏 / Desperate game.

    学园祭的前夜,据说时不时会出现名为【爱丽丝幻境】的怪异现象,过去的死者在虚假的幻境中, 向生者叙述怨念,企图寻求解脱,亦或者是报复。

    2018ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Boy VS Genius 贫穷少年与校园名人的生死对决 — Steam game cover

    Boy VS Genius 贫穷少年与校园名人的生死对决

    Single-player alternative to 绝望游戏 / Desperate game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 绝望游戏 / Desperate game.

    主角高村进是一个出生平凡的普通少年,家人去世,又遭遇劫匪。生无可恋的他准备前往学校的天台跳楼,结束自己的人生。当他到达天台时,遇到了站在天台边缘同样想跳楼的少女……从此,他的人生彻底地改变了……

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    WhiteLily 1:丽丽公主 — Steam game cover

    WhiteLily 1:丽丽公主

    Single-player alternative to 绝望游戏 / Desperate game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 绝望游戏 / Desperate game.

    男主角君彦是一名年轻的圣骑士,在一次返程归来时,他碰巧路过被恶魔入侵后的爱露村,同时巧遇了被恶魔追赶的丽丽。随着剧情的深入,君彦越来越意识到丽丽和整件事情的密切联系,而和丽丽在迷失小镇的冒险中,他逐渐明白了整件事情的始终,并决心一定要保护好丽丽(本游戏剧情有剧毒)。

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure2.54 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kitchen Sync: Aloha! — Steam game cover

    Kitchen Sync: Aloha!

    Single-player alternative to 绝望游戏 / Desperate game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 绝望游戏 / Desperate game.

    Kitchen Sync: Aloha! is a cozy, story-driven cooking RPG. As head chef of your family's restaurant in Hawaii, build a trusty team of chefs and dish up tasty Hawaiian food. Manage kitchens, build friendships, find romance, explore tropical venues, and discover the power of cooking together.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    真实幻象 / Behind The Truth — Steam game cover

    真实幻象 / Behind The Truth

    Single-player alternative to 绝望游戏 / Desperate game — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Have you ever be deceived by a stranger on the internet? Have you ever seen those exposed college girl’s nude-photos as they can’t repays the loan? You will play as a female journalist, to disclose all the danger and crime which underlie the depths of society and awaken more women.

    2018Action3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    以罪之名 / In the name of sin — Steam game cover

    以罪之名 / In the name of sin

    Single-player alternative to 绝望游戏 / Desperate game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 绝望游戏 / Desperate game.

    This is a judgment which In the name of sin: you will carry the crime of indirect murder, and involved in killing game which full of spite and fraud. Five rounds game of chance which in relation to life and death, 12 sinners, they will fight for the redemption! Everyone of us is guilty, who will be forgiven? And who will be saved?

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →