Single-player games like American Arcadia
Below are 17 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 Operator
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
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Stories Untold
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
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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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The Night is Grey
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Graham’s alone in a forest filled with strange wolves. While he’s fleeing for his life he finds a lost girl in an abandoned lodge that won’t survive without his help. Try to find their way to safety in this slow-burning cinematic thriller filled with puzzles, hand-drawn animation and lots of mystery
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The Drifter
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
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Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Between Horizons is a narrative 2.5D sci-fi detective adventure. 33 years into the Zephyr's journey, its mission is suddenly jeopardized. Can you find the culprit before it's too late? Experience an enthralling story set in a semi-open world that branches and ends based on your choices.
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The Fall
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
Take the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence within a high-tech combat suit. The Fall is a unique combination of adventure-game puzzle solving and side-scroller action, all set within a dark and atmospheric story. Get ready for a disturbing journey as you explore the world of The Fall.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to American Arcadia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with American Arcadia.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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>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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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.