Single-player games like Palmyra Orphanage
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Palmyra Orphanage, 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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Mists of Aiden
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
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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The Story of Henry Bishop
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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Infliction
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
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Never Again
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
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Pyromaniac
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
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God's Basement
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
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Anthology of Fear
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Take part in a one-man investigation and solve the mystery of your brother’s disappearance. Find out the truth by exploring unsettling liminal locations. Discover the story chapter by chapter, with each one unveiling their common tragedy.
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Locked Up
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
The game “Locked Up" is the first project developed in 2020 by the studio EMIKA_GAMES consisting of one person.
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The Inn-Sanity
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
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Crimson Snow (2023)
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Christmas is a joyful time, but this time something dark is hiding behind the holiday decorations. Your actions will determine whether you and your girlfriend survive Christmas night.
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Irony Of Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
In the Irony of Nightmare things aren't always as they seem. Those who decide to solve all puzzles of the game, not only will unravel true secret of house, but also will open completely different ending of the story.
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Mother Simulator
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
It’s a humorous project about a young parent's difficult weekdays. If you feel worried, irritated, you don’t understand what’s going on and what you must do next, so don’t worry. We want to give you exactly these feelings in our game.
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Prognostic
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
An orphan returns to the house of the deceased fortune-teller to uncover the secret of his family's death. He must accept his legacy and become a prognostic before supernatural madness engulfs people of his town.
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Give Me Your Coins
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
Give Me Your Coins is a fast-paced platformer built on precision and momentum. Try to get out of the magic chest, go through the several dozen levels created inside his wooden body.
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SpellFront
Single-player alternative to Palmyra Orphanage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Palmyra Orphanage.
SpellFront is a single-player first person shooter that takes place in the world of a medieval fantasy, experiencing the attack of the aliens. The player assumes role of an ancient sorcerer who must find a way to defeat invaders with only her might and her magic.