Single-player games like Slender Threads
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Slender Threads, 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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Fran Bow
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slender Threads.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
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Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slender Threads.
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
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The Night is Grey
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slender Threads.
Graham’s alone in a forest filled with strange wolves. While he’s fleeing for his life he finds a lost girl in an abandoned lodge that won’t survive without his help. Try to find their way to safety in this slow-burning cinematic thriller filled with puzzles, hand-drawn animation and lots of mystery
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The Dark Rites of Arkham
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Slender Threads.
A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.
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Lucid Dream Adventure
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slender Threads.
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
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ASYLUM
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slender Threads.
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
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Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slender Threads.
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
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Foolish Mortals
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Slender Threads.
Louisiana, 1933. Thirty years ago an entire wedding suddenly & mysteriously vanished on the island of Devil's Rock, and with it went the location of the lost treasure of Bellemore Manor. To find it, you might need to die too. A cozy, story-driven, point & click adventure game of the merry & macabre.
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Slender Threads.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slender Threads.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
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Kelvin and the Infamous Machine
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slender Threads.
Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a hilarious point-and-click adventure in which you stumble irresponsibly through history to help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks!
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Nobodies: Murder Cleaner
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slender Threads.
Nobodies is a puzzle-filled point-and-click adventure in which you must cover up government-sanctioned assassinations. Hide the bodies, destroy the evidence, and leave no trace you were ever there. They do the dirty work. You clean it up.
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Nobodies: After Death
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slender Threads.
Nobodies: After Death is a puzzling point-and-click adventure in cleaning up dirty work. After your agency takes out a target, you make the evidence disappear without a trace. Find a way to get in, get out, and leave no bodies behind.
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Nobodies: Silent Blood
Single-player alternative to Slender Threads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slender Threads.
Step back into the shoes of Asset 1080, the intelligence agency's top cleaner. Puzzle your way through 14 unique locations, devising clever ways to hide all evidence of your employer's deadly actions. Get in, get out, and leave no bodies behind.