Single-player games like Broken Minds
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Broken Minds, 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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Visual Novel: Beak and Claws
Single-player alternative to Broken Minds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Broken Minds.
Cade, a perpetually hungry student living on the edge of his scholarship, buys a grey parrot named Colonel Pixel from a crazy sailor in a dark alley. In exchange for a quantum physics textbook, the bird promises to lead him to a "billionaire gardener with golden pineapples.
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Between the notes
Single-player alternative to Broken Minds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Broken Minds.
A mystical psychological thriller set in the quiet village of Klavishne. Talk to the locals, learn stories, enjoy the atmosphere, pick up the pieces. But find out: who is the woman in the portrait and what happened to her?
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ISKRA
Single-player alternative to Broken Minds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Broken Minds.
You take on the role of Alice, who wanders through a dark forest in search of a way out. On her journey she meets many figures — each one a reflection of her own personality, an echo of her fears, and a manifestation of her subconscious.
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Visual Novel: DARKENED MIRROR
Single-player alternative to Broken Minds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Broken Minds.
A narrative game featuring fully written dialogue and atmospheric storytelling. Unravel the mystery behind the marriage of Maria Vasilyevna and Nikolai Andreyevich. Discover the significance of the mirror and the obligations and debts buried within the history of a wealthy noble family.
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Visual novel: Shadows of Ravenhall Castle
Single-player alternative to Broken Minds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Broken Minds.
An inheritance. An old castle among mist-covered hills. Elizabeth Gray thought she only had to arrive, inspect Ravenhall, and sign a few papers. But from the very first night, it becomes clear: the castle came to her for a reason, and its silence hides a secret that will not be easy to escape.
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Remembering/Not remembering Sin
Single-player alternative to Broken Minds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Broken Minds.
Shunichi Sasaki, a young man who lost his past memories due to higher brain dysfunction, was criticized as a "murderer". Who was he really? Use memory notes to supplement his memories and explore his past.
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虞州的罪羊
Single-player alternative to Broken Minds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Broken Minds.
A multi ending narrative AVG.When nightmares and hallucinations alternate,you have to find the only truth among the many possible endings.
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DAEMON MASQUERADE
Single-player alternative to Broken Minds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Broken Minds.
An anime-inspired supernatural detective game. Uncover the identities and powers of your adversaries using a conspiracy board full of evidence.
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Danganronpa 2x2
Single-player alternative to Broken Minds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Broken Minds.
While on a school trip to Jabberwock Island, students are ensnared in Monokuma’s deadly game, forced into mutual killing and Class Trials to expose the culprit. Break through contradictions with high-speed detective action. Includes both a brand-new scenario and the enhanced original!
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The Evolving World: Catalyst Wake
Single-player alternative to Broken Minds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Broken Minds.
Catalyst Wake is a cinematic visual novel set in a vividly stylized post-apocalyptic world. Discover a thrilling story of assassins, corrupted leaders, and scrap-metal robots, as humanity faces what could be its final hours.
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Prison of Lies
Single-player alternative to Broken Minds — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Broken Minds.
In this short visual novel, four prisoners on death row are cleared of all charges. But the prison has a quota to meet. The four are put in a room and asked to decide among themselves over the course of an hour... who will be the one to die?