Single-player games like Love, Sam
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Love, Sam, 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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They Cry
Single-player alternative to Love, Sam — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Love, Sam.
They Cry is a psychological horror following Luke seeking to find the source of a reoccurring dream taking over his life, only to find the former husk of his hometown.
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FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water
Single-player alternative to Love, Sam — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Love, Sam.
“FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Maiden of Black Water” comes to Steam for the first time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the horror-adventure series FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO. The game is set on sacred Mt. Hikami, a site of many mysterious and terrifying incidents.
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Mists of Aiden
Single-player alternative to Love, Sam — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Love, Sam.
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
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>observer_
Single-player alternative to Love, Sam — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Love, Sam.
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to Love, Sam — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Love, Sam.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
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Homesick
Single-player alternative to Love, Sam — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Love, Sam.
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
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FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
Single-player alternative to Love, Sam — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Love, Sam.
What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.
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From The Darkness
Single-player alternative to Love, Sam — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Love, Sam.
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
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White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
Single-player alternative to Love, Sam — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Love, Sam.
Notorious cult-classic Korean horror. Sneak into school at midnight to return your sweetheart's diary and get caught in a terrifying game of cat and mouse. Explore haunted hallways, solve classic survival horror puzzles and escape the clutches of a killer Janitor who is out for your blood.
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Letters of Bernard Thorne
Single-player alternative to Love, Sam — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Love, Sam.
『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.