Single-player games like Crying Pony
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Crying Pony, 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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Somnesis: The PSX Tapes
Single-player alternative to Crying Pony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crying Pony.
A 2000s psychological horror game about a young girl who uncovers a box of cursed 90s VHS cartridges in her new home. Play eerie PSX-style retro games on a CRT monitor while simultaneously managing threats in your dark bedroom. Balance nostalgic retro gameplay with real-time survival.
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Evil Cartridge
Single-player alternative to Crying Pony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crying Pony.
After finding a cursed cartridge, explore a distorted reality in this retro survival horror. Manage scarce resources, solve puzzles, and push forward through a world that grows increasingly unreal. Find a way to escape before it’s too late.
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Night Guard - The Last Shift
Single-player alternative to Crying Pony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crying Pony.
Check license plates, handle incidents, and keep working your shift while an unauthorized visitor keeps insisting on getting into the lot. What starts as a dull routine turns into an increasingly terrifying night
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Silver Pines
Single-player alternative to Crying Pony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crying Pony.
Silver Pines is a survival horror metroidvania set in small town America. Fight nightmarish terrors and solve puzzles, while carefully managing your scarce resources as you uncover the mysteries that could hold the key to redemption.
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Hariti
Single-player alternative to Crying Pony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crying Pony.
"Hariti" is a first-person psychological horror game. You will play as a mother searching for her missing daughter in a crisis-ridden hospital. Experience an atmosphere of extreme dread within the halls of this abandoned Chinese-style medical facility.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Crying Pony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crying Pony.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Mythargia
Single-player alternative to Crying Pony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crying Pony.
You are a journalist in search of your breakthrough story. A promising lead takes you to the abandoned island of Mythargia where you have to discover its buried history connecting two different dimensions.
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TRAUMA Broken Paradise
Single-player alternative to Crying Pony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Crying Pony.
A childhood stolen by brutality, a mind shattered by loss... In the ruins of a forgotten past, Sophia Markwell searches for the truth—will the ghosts of her parents’ murder lead her to redemption, or deeper into madness? And who’s Catherine?
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Rabi-Ribi
Single-player alternative to Crying Pony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crying Pony.
Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...
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TEVI
Single-player alternative to Crying Pony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crying Pony.
Embark on an epic action-adventure as you slash, dash, and combo your way through a vast, vibrant world. Explore and uncover hidden secrets. Customize your build to triumph in spectacular boss battles. Experience a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem in TEVI, a bullet hell metroidvania!
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Last Command
Single-player alternative to Crying Pony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Crying Pony.
Last Command is a fast-paced Snake x Bullet Hell action game. Maneuver through enemies’ barrage of attacks, collect Data Points to deal damage! Mix and match skill chips as you progress, overcome intense Boss battles, and uncover the secrets of their program world...
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A Light in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Crying Pony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Crying Pony.
──We cannot choose in this unfair world.The rich boy stuck in his never changing daily life...The fierce girl struggling for survival...Two people in totally opposite positions in life.In the face of confusion and the choices before them, what will they find...?
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Last Command: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Crying Pony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Crying Pony.
Last Command is a fast-paced Snake x Bullet Hell action game. Maneuver through enemies’ barrage of attacks, collect Data Points to deal damage! Mix and match skill chips as you progress, overcome intense Boss battles, and uncover the secrets of their program world...