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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Hindsight
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
What if the physical objects of everyday life, the possessions we hold close, were actual windows to the past? Peer into distant memories and unseen futures in Hindsight.
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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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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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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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The Berlin Apartment
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
One apartment, many stories: Witness turning points in the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment in Berlin over the course of a whole century.
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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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The Walking Dead
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost on the Shore.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
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Closer the Distance
Single-player alternative to Ghost on the Shore — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
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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.