Single-player games like Cardinal Cross
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Cardinal Cross, 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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Gilded Shadows
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cardinal Cross.
A GxB visual novel that explores a whimsical, yet dangerous world which blends the solarpunk and cyberpunk aesthetics into a unique adventure. As you follow the MC on her journey, pursue various love interests in a stand-alone story unique to that route.
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Crossroad
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cardinal Cross.
Every granddaughter visits her grandmother for tea and something delicious to eat. Lumy is no different from millions of other girls. That is, except for one thing…
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These nights in Cairo
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cardinal Cross.
Otome visual novel. Margaret Dawson is girl dreaming to become full-fledged archaeologist. Together with her father she departs to the excavations of mysterious tomb in Egypt, but there she faces some oddities.
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The Confines Of The Crown
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cardinal Cross.
Madeleine Valois is a prince's companion. It is her responsibility to keep him out of trouble - not to let him walk blindly into a political minefield, not to let him get arrested for a crime he didn't commit, and definitely not to let him fall in love with her...
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Unmoor
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cardinal Cross.
Louisa had spent her entire life at sea with her father, sailing aboard the ship called "The Diossa", and she had no intention of changing that. But upon returning home from the Maritime Academy, she discovered that her father had been deceived by a certain Monsieur Viardo, who had taken the ship into his possession.
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The Heiress of Sorcery
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cardinal Cross.
The young healer girl is accused of witchcraft after a strange disease outbreak in the town. Can the girl prove her innocence and find a real source of the epidemic? And who is this mysterious sorcerer who appeared at the same time with the disease?
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Cabernet
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cardinal Cross.
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
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Solstice
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cardinal Cross.
Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
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Mass Effect (2007)
Single-player alternative to Cardinal Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.