Single-player games like American Arcadia
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to American Arcadia, 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 Grotto Diary
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
"The Grotto Diary " is a first-person Chinese-style horror game set against a native Chinese backdrop. The story is partially inspired by the works of Lu Xun. You will assume the role of the young girl Hua Xiaoxi lost between dreams and reality, in a story that may still hold hope.. Coming 2026.
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虫鸣
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
崇明接到了上级的安排，去往雾谷村进行旅游景点调查采访，听闻村子内存在着“养蛊辟邪祟”的习俗，每户人家或多或少都懂得一些蛊术， 但这些蛊术从何而来的却无从得知... 夜晚的大山深处，处处响起虫鸣... 起雾了 --------------------------------- 感谢同学们的支持，目前评论中反映到的bug我们正在积极修复，抱歉给大伙儿带来不好的游戏体验，近期我们也会添加键盘操作，以及对其它方面的优化更新，开发不易555555，希望不要因为这一问题带来差评，谢谢！
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Veil
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
VEIL is a first-person psychological horror game set on a remote island, where a peaceful weekend trip slowly turns into fear. Explore unsettling places, uncover hidden truths, and survive a nightmare that grows from obsession, dread, and the unknown.
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Winter Night
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Game genre: Horror adventure, (point and click adventure horror game). Game"Winter Night" presents a story inspired by beliefs in Thailand.Players will experience the atmosphere of an ancient, mysterious mansion.presented through 2D PixelArt.
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KRAMPEN
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Immerse yourself in the winter forest and help a lost soul to find a piece of itself. What is awaiting you there.. or who?
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Finding Sparky
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
He must reclaim it. A boy who has lost everything grabs a small knife and chases after his dog's kidnapper. Finding Sparky is a 2D side-scrolling game with an unpredictable dark story, puzzles, and action.
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Locks
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Locks is a horror puzzle-platformer set in a puppet show. The game features a new type of puzzle, and the evil doesn't chase the puppet, as it usually does in platformers, it chases you.
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OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.
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Kona
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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Harold Halibut
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to find the true meaning of ‘home’.
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Dear Esther
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
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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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.
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>observer_
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
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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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
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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Call of the Sea
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.
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Call of the Elder Gods
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Journey to the far corners of the Earth and unearth ancient horrors in this Lovecraftian narrative puzzle adventure and sequel to 2020’s critically acclaimed Call of the Sea.