Because Sakaguchi assumed Final Fantasy would be a stand-alone title, its story was not designed to be expanded by a sequel.

Demigod, a video game developed by Gas Powered Games was the first released stand-alone title in the genre.

Laurell K. Hamilton is the author of two major book series, spin-off comic books, various anthologies, and other stand-alone titles:

The game was never released outside of Japan and as with all other Satellaview titles it has never been re-released as a stand-alone title.

The 64DD incarnation of the game SimCopter, which was first planned as a stand-alone title, was later integrated into SimCity 64.

Retribution is a stand-alone title and does not require ownership of earlier games in the series to use any of the factions in multiplayer.

During this time, most OVA series were new, stand-alone titles.

"I think that will unfortunately hurt a lot of the stand-alone titles because they will be shut out of the buys."

As with senpai, sensei can be used not only as a suffix, but also as a stand-alone title.

The writers felt they needed to create a larger story for a stand-alone title, and wanted the game to "feel relatively intimate", and avoided adding too many new characters.