Single-player games like Know by heart
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Know by heart, 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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Venus: Improbable Dream
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Know by heart.
Born with a birth defect that he hates, Kakeru struggles with severe anxiety and depression. Guide his timid decisions as he takes a brave step into a new world - joining his school's music club, making unexpected and inspiring new connections, and daring to dream again.
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South of the Circle
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Know by heart.
South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.
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Last Days
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Know by heart.
The gods have blessed New Canaan for four hundred years, and everyone - including Sister Ginsetsu - thought it would go on forever, until the day Ginsetsu met the gods of New Canaan. Since then, the story between the maiden who calls herself a god, and the maiden who will become a god has begun.
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VIDEOVERSE
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…
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再见断刀
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
古风悬疑推理AVG《再见断刀》——在与世隔绝的山庄之中，接二连三地发生了骇人命案。只有通过细致入微的调查，抽丝剥茧的推理，才能定一个是非清白，还一个天理公道。 然而，在逐渐浮出水面的真相之下，似乎还有暗流涌动……
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CLANNAD
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Know by heart.
From the world renowned visual novel studio Key, the highly rated story of CLANNAD is now available on Steam! Improved visuals, achievement integration, and Dangopedia make this the best version of CLANNAD to date.
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南栀 Unwavering love
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
《南栀》是一款百合向视觉小说游戏，讲述了在前作（夜永 Eternal Love）剧情发生一年半之后，聆花女子学院中的少女们成长的故事。
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ATRI -My Dear Moments-
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Know by heart.
"As the world sank, I found you." In the near future, a sudden and unexplained sea rise has left much of human civilization underwater. In a little town slowly being enveloped by the ocean, an unforgettable summer is about to begin for a boy and a mysterious robot girl...
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The Void
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Know by heart.
Only brought to life by scarce sparks of Color, the bleak, grey Void is a peculiar place. The player gets to explore it, get to know the Sisters, Brothers, and other weird creatures inhabiting it, and learn the ways of Color, harvesting it and drawing sigils that change the world around them.
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Pathologic 2
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
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To the Moon
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
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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Night in the Woods
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Know by heart.
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.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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Dark City
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
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Pathologic Classic HD
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.
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Pathologic 3
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.
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Knock-knock
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Know by heart.
There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers.But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods.
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Cargo! The Quest for Gravity
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Know by heart.
Create crazy, yet functional, custom vehicles to solve missions with your own unique style!
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Pathologic 3: Quarantine
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Know by heart.
In this free prologue to a narrative-driven adventure, watch a mysterious plague break out in a small town. Learn what drove a celebrated academic to leave his acclaimed lab. Examine patients, uncover strange secrets, and make first steps towards immortality.
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Darkwood 2
Single-player alternative to Know by heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Know by heart.
Roam freely around the scorched deserts of a dying sea as you secure resources and explore the mysteries of Darkwood. But beware nightfall – seek shelter, shore up your defenses, and pray for the morning light as the horrors of the world hunt the ill-prepared.