Single-player games like Ghost on the Shore
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Ghost on the Shore, 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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The Haunting of Joni Evers
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
The Haunting of Joni Evers is a dark supernatural mystery about a broken family from small-town Oklahoma. Haunted by a specter that's hunted her family for generations, Joni must uncover the mysteries of the Cunningham House, dig through lost memories, and face the past to break the curse.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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Dimhaven - The Lost Source
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!
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Luto
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
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Syberia: The World Before
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
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Copycat
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
A poignant narrative-driven game about rejection, belonging and the meaning of home. It follows the story of a newly adopted shelter cat whose space in the home is taken by a copycat. Bring the tissues.
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South of the Circle
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.
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Home is Where One Starts...
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
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Marie's Room
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
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Dear Esther
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.