Single-player games like HEARTBEAT
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to HEARTBEAT, 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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Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Single-player alternative to HEARTBEAT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with HEARTBEAT.
Follow Vi, Kabbu, and Leif as they uncover the secrets of the Land of Bugaria! Explore and combine your team's abilities to solve puzzles, defeat powerful enemies and find ancient treasures!
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Nexomon
Single-player alternative to HEARTBEAT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with HEARTBEAT.
Catch, evolve and collect over 300 unique Nexomon! Assemble the ultimate Nexomon team to save your friends and save the world! Clash against legendary champions and become a hero in this epic journey!
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Virgo Versus The Zodiac
Single-player alternative to HEARTBEAT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with HEARTBEAT.
Dethrone the Zodiacs, revive the Golden Age and purge the Heretics that swarm the galaxy as Virgo, the queen of Purity, in this unforgiving timed actions turn-based JRPG.
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LiEat
Single-player alternative to HEARTBEAT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with HEARTBEAT.
Welcome to a world in which dragons are born from the desires of mankind. Each dragon is bestowed with unique powers in accordance with the specific desires of their human familiar. One mysterious stranger travels the land, accompanied by a young dragon graced with the power of eating lies.
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Cosmic Star Heroine
Single-player alternative to HEARTBEAT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with HEARTBEAT.
3 exotic planets to explore. Aliens. Robots. Magic. Forbidden technology. Ruined Worlds. Ghosts. Long-lost secrets. Conspiracies. A galactic threat. And one brave heroine to make things right. Cosmic Star Heroine is an exciting new RPG from the creators of Cthulhu Saves the World.
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LISA: The Painful
Single-player alternative to HEARTBEAT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with HEARTBEAT.
The miserable journey of a broken man...
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Monster Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to HEARTBEAT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with HEARTBEAT.
Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.
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Shadows of Adam
Single-player alternative to HEARTBEAT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with HEARTBEAT.
Gorgeous pixel art. Intense, blazing fast battles. An epic adventure. This is the must-play retro indie JRPG built for the modern era.
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to HEARTBEAT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with HEARTBEAT.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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Steven Universe: Save the Light
Single-player alternative to HEARTBEAT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with HEARTBEAT.
Join the Crystal Gems on the ultimate quest! A mysterious new Gem has stolen a powerful weapon. Only Steven and his friends have what it takes to stop her. “Save the Light” is a unique RPG hybrid that combines real-time and turn-based combat.
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Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster
Single-player alternative to HEARTBEAT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with HEARTBEAT.
Reawaken your inner demon in a modernized version of the acclaimed ATLUS classic, Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster.
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Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Single-player alternative to HEARTBEAT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with HEARTBEAT.
Become a mighty demigod and battle through a decimated Tokyo in a war between angels and demons. Make new allies along your journey, engage in intense, turn-based combat, recruit hundreds of demons and forge your own path to dictate the fate of all existence.