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Single-player games like Recluses

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Recluses, 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 seven days i spent with you — Steam game cover

    The seven days i spent with you

    Single-player alternative to Recluses — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recluses.

    With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation1.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mirages — Steam game cover

    Mirages

    Single-player alternative to Recluses — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recluses.

    Mirages is a 3D narrative and horror game with folk stories. One night, seven brides headed to the Captain Mansion but strayed into a place full of ghosts - Regret City. Horror haunts the small town. Due to destiny, actors, warlords, and offspring of the town are drawn in. They are closer to truth.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs — Steam game cover

    Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

    Single-player alternative to Recluses — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recluses.

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    80 Days — Steam game cover

    80 Days

    Single-player alternative to Recluses — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recluses.

    1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Heaven's Vault — Steam game cover

    Heaven's Vault

    Single-player alternative to Recluses — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recluses.

    An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

    2019IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Once Upon a Jester — Steam game cover

    Once Upon a Jester

    Single-player alternative to Recluses — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recluses.

    Travel the kingdom as Jester with his best friend Sok to improvise theatre shows and perform on stages far and wide. Sing your hearts out, crack jokes and impress audiences to become the stars of the famous Royal Theatrical Spectacle!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Signs of the Sojourner — Steam game cover

    Signs of the Sojourner

    Single-player alternative to Recluses — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recluses.

    In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?

    2020IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Novelist — Steam game cover

    The Novelist

    Single-player alternative to Recluses — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recluses.

    The Novelist asks one central question: can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love? The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist struggling to write the most important book of his career while trying to be the best husband and father he can be.

    2013IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Boring in paradise — Steam game cover

    Boring in paradise

    Single-player alternative to Recluses — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Recluses.

    Two arcade games in one: "Antipain" & "Antitrolley". The first is a pseudo-three-dimensional runner. The second is "anti-G.T.A.", which deals with the "trolley problem".

    2021IndieCasualRacing34.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →