Single-player games like Dear Home
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Dear Home, 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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DirtVille
Single-player alternative to Dear Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Welcome to small, sunny and abandoned Balkan town where something is quietly wrong. Upgrade your character, abilities and tools in a cozy place where cleaning and digging is how you investigate the world. Dirtville is a mix of satisfying casual mechanics and story-based exploration.
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Nine Lives
Single-player alternative to Dear Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dear Home.
To earn its nine lives a cat must survive the nine trials by solving increasingly intricate puzzles, that might require it to die a few times.
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Miasma Caves
Single-player alternative to Dear Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dear Home.
Miasma Caves is an explorative action-adventure game. You'll explore a procedurally generated cave system hunting for treasure then try and make it back to town to restock and check in with the villagers before trying to venture deeper.
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Big Dig Energy
Single-player alternative to Dear Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dear Home.
Do you have the Big Dig Energy!? The best co-op mining game with online multiplayer for up to 4 players! Team up, dig deep, mine energy ore, and upgrade your tools. Reach the planets core to fuel the rocket and leave Earth!
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Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
Single-player alternative to Dear Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dear Home.
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas combines captivating storytelling, breathtaking 3D visuals and exciting gameplay into one epic action-adventure experience. In the game you explore the islands of Uncharted Seas, a world filled with many dangers, puzzles and secrets.
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Minecraft Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Dear Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dear Home.
Fight your way through an exciting action-adventure game, inspired by classic dungeon crawlers and set in the Minecraft universe!
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Bookbound Brigade
Single-player alternative to Dear Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dear Home.
Bookbound Brigade is about beating the hell out of historical and literary characters you studied in school by leading a dream team of real and fictional heroes through a 2D side-scrolling platform-adventure.
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Death's Door
Single-player alternative to Dear Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dear Home.
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.
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Keystones
Single-player alternative to Dear Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Keystones: a simple game about colors and connections.
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SuperOffice
Single-player alternative to Dear Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dear Home.
SuperOffice is an intense top down view shooter experience where time moves only when you move.