Single-player games like The Night is Grey
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Night is Grey, 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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Sleepytime Village
Single-player alternative to The Night is Grey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Night is Grey.
Sleepytime Village is the story of a workaholic father who makes one wrong choice too many and becomes trapped in a children’s storybook reality, haunted by the residents of Sleepytime Village, its formless narrator and visions of his childhood. What is the Village and what does it want from him?
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Mindlock - The Apartment
Single-player alternative to The Night is Grey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Night is Grey.
Colin’s apartment maze has puzzles, dialogues, and some dry humor waiting for you. A surreal adventure of a special kind.
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The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Night is Grey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Night is Grey.
Beekeeper (and former world’s greatest detective) Sherlock Holmes is arranging a surprise picnic for his friend Watson. Unfortunately pesky mysteries keep getting in the way! Explore, find clues and interrogate your neighbours in this cosy point and click adventure!
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筒楼异事
Single-player alternative to The Night is Grey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Night is Grey.
一个再平常不过的早晨,阿伟在幻境中接到莫名其妙的任务。利用奇怪的手电和钥匙,深入内部,发现隐藏在筒楼中的黑暗,找回自己失去的一切。
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The Fan
Single-player alternative to The Night is Grey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Night is Grey.
The Fan is an interactive photo fiction with real locations and actors.The game is a first person thriller with a unique twist. Driven by a creepy and unsettling atmosphere, it will take you deep within the darkest places of Paris underground.
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Frank and Drake
Single-player alternative to The Night is Grey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Night is Grey.
Frank and Drake is a modern gothic tale that puts players at the heart of a supernatural mystery through its non-linear branching paths, mini-games and puzzles, and unique rotoscoped art. Take your time, explore, and soak up every word.
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Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest
Single-player alternative to The Night is Grey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Night is Grey.
Once upon a time, the Grim Reaper chose the wrong door. Angelo – a young lazy bum-a-holic, oh sorry - a blogger, powered only by his blogging skills, must turn on “point-n-click adventure” mode, go around the inferno, meet the locals, and somehow get back home. Enjoy Hell! We made it just for you.
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Rosewater
Single-player alternative to The Night is Grey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Night is Grey.
A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.
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Oxenfree
Single-player alternative to The Night is Grey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Night is Grey.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.