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Single-player games like Shoujo City

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Shoujo City, 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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    My VTuber Rival is Actually Cute?! — Steam game cover

    My VTuber Rival is Actually Cute?!

    Single-player alternative to Shoujo City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Shoujo City.

    Fall for your VTuber rival in this modern slice-of-life yuri visual novel!

    IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Steventon Street: Deluxe Edition — Steam game cover

    Steventon Street: Deluxe Edition

    Single-player alternative to Shoujo City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Shoujo City.

    A romantic visual novel based on the works of Jane Austen.

    2025SimulationCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bardic: Quest for Love — Steam game cover

    Bardic: Quest for Love

    Single-player alternative to Shoujo City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Shoujo City.

    Having just arrived in the great port city of Deepharbor, humble bards Edmond and Edna are suddenly tasked with running a Tavern. Recruit fellow adventuring heroes, manage your tavern, and possibly find romance? This is your Quest for Love!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Little Lily Princess — Steam game cover

    A Little Lily Princess

    Single-player alternative to Shoujo City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Shoujo City.

    Newly arrived at a boarding school in Victorian England, Sara Crewe uses her love of books and storytelling to build new relationships. But what happens to a fairy-tale princess when she loses everything?

    2016IndieSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Asphyxia — Steam game cover

    Asphyxia

    Single-player alternative to Shoujo City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Shoujo City.

    A gloomy lesbian / yuri visual novel featuring characters based on famous Romantic poets such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. Can you help Samantha Coleridge repair her fractured relationship with Lillian Wordsworth?

    2015IndieSimulation5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kitty Powers' Matchmaker Makeover — Steam game cover

    Kitty Powers' Matchmaker Makeover

    Single-player alternative to Shoujo City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Shoujo City.

    Kitty Powers' special brand of matchmaking returns in this remastered version of the viral sensation Kitty Powers' Matchmaker. It's time to make love happen, again!

    2026IndieSimulationCasual13.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anime City — Steam game cover

    Anime City

    Single-player alternative to Shoujo City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Shoujo City.

    Anime City is a Japanese high school simulator, focused on anime culture and aesthetics. Study, join school clubs, and make friends.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kitty Powers' Matchmaker — Steam game cover

    Kitty Powers' Matchmaker

    Single-player alternative to Shoujo City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Shoujo City.

    Kitty Powers’ Matchmaker is a hilarious dating simulator with a difference. Manage your own matchmaking agency with the guidance of your fabulous boss, drag queen diva Kitty Powers!

    2015IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stardew Valley — Steam game cover

    Stardew Valley

    Single-player alternative to Shoujo City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Shoujo City.

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Sims™ 4 — Steam game cover

    The Sims™ 4

    Single-player alternative to Shoujo City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Shoujo City.

    Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.

    2020AdventureSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Persona 5 Royal — Steam game cover

    Persona 5 Royal

    Single-player alternative to Shoujo City — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Don the mask and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as they stage grand heists, infiltrate the minds of the corrupt, and make them change their ways!

    2022RPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    My Little Cafe Nightmare — Steam game cover

    My Little Cafe Nightmare

    Single-player alternative to Shoujo City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Shoujo City.

    Brew otherworldly coffee for ghostly patrons in a dark, cozy first-person café. Upgrade your shop, manage supplies, and turn a haunted café into a sanctuary amidst nightmares.

    2026Simulation7.19 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AI School Simulator — Steam game cover

    AI School Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Shoujo City — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Enter a prestigious academy filled with AI-powered students. Design and live your own fantasy school life: Fall in love, make friends, and inevitably make rivals.

    2026RPGEarly AccessSingle-playerSimilar games →