Single-player games like Waiting for the Loop
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Waiting for the Loop, 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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咕啾！文鸟恋爱物语 Love Story of Sparrow
Single-player alternative to Waiting for the Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waiting for the Loop.
“上学途中惊现电车痴汉？好兄弟满脑子是关于我的黄色废料？生活终于要对我这只小公雀下手了吗┭┮﹏┭┮”，欢迎各位走进大型鸟类恋爱ACG游戏——《咕啾！文鸟恋爱物语》。
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Escape Simulator 2
Single-player alternative to Waiting for the Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waiting for the Loop.
Sequel to the best-selling escape room game, brings a fresh take on first-person puzzles with a variety of new rooms to explore solo or with friends. Solve intricate puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, or craft your own escape rooms with Room Editor 2.0.
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Leila
Single-player alternative to Waiting for the Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waiting for the Loop.
Leila is a heartfelt, hand-animated narrative game about the small yet significant struggles we all face. Solve story-driven puzzles, relive fragile memories, and discover a deeply personal journey that may feel more familiar than you expect.
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VIDEOVERSE
Single-player alternative to Waiting for the Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waiting for the Loop.
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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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Single-player alternative to Waiting for the Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waiting for the Loop.
Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.
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Rumu
Single-player alternative to Waiting for the Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waiting for the Loop.
Rumu is an intimate, narrative-driven adventure that follows the path into sentience of a robot vacuum cleaner.
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Virginia
Single-player alternative to Waiting for the Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waiting for the Loop.
Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.
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Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Single-player alternative to Waiting for the Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Waiting for the Loop.
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
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Throw Me in the River
Single-player alternative to Waiting for the Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Waiting for the Loop.
A visual novel about a man experiencing his family relationships through a state of compressed time. Choose what happened in his past and then watch it play out as you explore family dynamics and the effects that a person's life events can have on the way they interact with others.