Single-player games like Shadowrain
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Shadowrain, 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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Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowrain.
A 2.5D horror game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame, mixing cyberpunk with traditional Cantonese folklore. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots by celebrating visceral horror and the slow, fearful creep of dread.
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>observer_
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowrain.
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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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowrain.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowrain.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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The Alien Cube
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowrain.
A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.
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We Happy Few
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowrain.
From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowrain.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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Five Nights at Freddy's
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowrain.
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowrain.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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Alone
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowrain.
Alone is a Pixelated Survival Game set in the extremely cold Siberian Wilderness in 1983, Soviet Union.
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Inclement
Single-player alternative to Shadowrain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowrain.
In this farm-building strategy game set in the harsh environment of Northern Europe, you manage your land from clearing forests and selling grain at the neighbouring town to building barns and eventually oil rigs. Your right decisions will allow you to develop and eventually grow your wealth.