Single-player games like The Medium
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to The Medium, 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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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
The sequel to the award winning Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival through the myth and torment of Viking Iceland. Intent on saving those who have fallen victim to the horrors of tyranny, Senua faces a battle of overcoming the darkness within and without.
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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
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Blair Witch
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
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Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
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INDIKA
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
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God's Basement
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.
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Alone in the Dark
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
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Martha Is Dead
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
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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To the Moon
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
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The Last of them
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
You play as a detective solving gruesome murders in a haunting, desolate city. Explore dark alleys, uncover hidden clues, and solve puzzles to unravel the mystery. Can you find the killer before they strike again, or will you fall victim to the terror?
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Persona 3 Reload
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Dive into the Dark Hour and awaken the depths of your heart. Persona 3 Reload is a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era with cutting-edge graphics and gameplay.
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Cronos: The New Dawn
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A whole new breed of survival horror emerges with Cronos: The New Dawn. Survive the brutal wastelands of the future, fight nightmarish merging creatures and jump back in time to harvest souls as you seek to uncover the origins of the apocalypse that wiped out humanity.
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Observer: System Redux
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story 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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Layers of Fear
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
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Star Trek: Shadow Frontier
Single-player alternative to The Medium — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Medium.
Star Trek: Shadow Frontier is a story-driven, action-adventure set in the expansive Star Trek universe. Step into the fractured mind of former Lieutenant Ro Laren (voiced by Michelle Forbes) as she seeks to rescue an old friend by embarking on a harrowing journey of survival and self-discovery.