Single-player games like Schizophrenia
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Schizophrenia, 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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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to Schizophrenia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Schizophrenia.
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.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Schizophrenia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Schizophrenia.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to Schizophrenia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Schizophrenia.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
- 4
Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to Schizophrenia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Schizophrenia.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
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>observer_
Single-player alternative to Schizophrenia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Schizophrenia.
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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In Sound Mind
Single-player alternative to Schizophrenia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Schizophrenia.
In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.
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Pathologic Classic HD
Single-player alternative to Schizophrenia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Schizophrenia.
Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.
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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Schizophrenia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Schizophrenia.
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
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F.U.B.A.R
Single-player alternative to Schizophrenia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Schizophrenia.
The World Is Pure F.U.B.A.R. Come together and fight with your friends against never ending waves of the undead.. or go solo and take on the treacherous horde alone.
- 10
Schizophrenia: The Last Shift
Single-player alternative to Schizophrenia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Schizophrenia.
Remembering the past while corruption occurs, you are set out to finish the remainder of your shift until you cannot anymore. Stock the shelves using your forklift and be a productive member of society while evading the inner demons within you in this horror survival to meet quota.