Single-player games like What Happened
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to What Happened, 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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Psychomachia
Single-player alternative to What Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Happened.
Confront your deepest fears in Psychomachia, trapped in a nightmarish loop at the heart of the dorms of mental instability. Explore the intricacies of the human mind, faced with terrifying manifestations of madness.
- 2
Uncanny Tales: Cold Road
Single-player alternative to What Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Happened.
Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the real terror comes not from monsters or the supernatural, but from people. Each episode is a new unsettling story inspired by real fears and eerie situations from everyday life.
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The Town of Light
Single-player alternative to What Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Happened.
12 March 1938, Renée, 16, was ripped out of her world, her only fault was that of not knowing her place in the world.
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MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to What Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Happened.
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to What Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Happened.
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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Mouthwashing
Single-player alternative to What Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Happened.
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
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[Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達
Single-player alternative to What Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Happened.
Night Delivery | 例外配達 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game.
- 8
Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Single-player alternative to What Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Happened.
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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Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to What Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Happened.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
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Detention
Single-player alternative to What Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Happened.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
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The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
Single-player alternative to What Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Happened.
J.J. scours Memoria Island to find her best friend, who has gone missing during a camping trip. In order to save her best friend, she puts her own body and life on the line, reviving infinitely, as she presses forward. Why did she go missing? What is going on in this world?
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The Missing Thing
Single-player alternative to What Happened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with What Happened.
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