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Single-player games like Silence Channel

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Silence Channel, 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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    Silence Channel 2 — Steam game cover

    Silence Channel 2

    Single-player alternative to Silence Channel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silence Channel.

    Experience the terror in Silence Channel 2, a first person horror game based on a true story. Navigate through eerie environments, solve puzzles, evade lurking horrors, and even wield firepower in a desperate bid for survival. Can you escape the relentless darkness in this terrifying sequel?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Within Skerry — Steam game cover

    Within Skerry

    Single-player alternative to Silence Channel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silence Channel.

    The Accumulation of Evil is an ancient book stating that if enough evil energy is concentrated in a single area, a dark force may be born.Humans can sometimes be very horrible creatures - but sometimes, it is taken a bit too far.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 — Steam game cover

    True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2

    Single-player alternative to Silence Channel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Silence Channel.

    True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 is the sequel to one of the best rated horror escape games, acclaimed for its story and the atmosphere of horror mystery.

    2018AdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lazaret — Steam game cover

    Lazaret

    Single-player alternative to Silence Channel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silence Channel.

    Lazaret is an atmospheric first-person horror game. You play as a member of a rescue team called out to investigate a distress signal coming from a ship that disappeared 4 years ago.

    2024IndieAdventure10.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead Secret — Steam game cover

    Dead Secret

    Single-player alternative to Silence Channel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silence Channel.

    Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .

    2016IndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ikai — Steam game cover

    Ikai

    Single-player alternative to Silence Channel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silence Channel.

    Fear and anxiety prevail after the darkest tales from Japanese folklore come to life in this first-person psychological horror game. Set in a feudal era, Ikai revolves around the priestess of a shrine struggling to defeat the spirits of her past and her present.

    2022IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Uninvited Guest — Steam game cover

    Uninvited Guest

    Single-player alternative to Silence Channel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silence Channel.

    Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.

    2021IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored — Steam game cover

    S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored

    Single-player alternative to Silence Channel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silence Channel.

    S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a science fiction FPS puzzle horror game, which takes place a few months after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster. Experience a tale about an unexplored area within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone - The S.W.A.N. Institute.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure12.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paper Dolls 2 纸人贰 — Steam game cover

    Paper Dolls 2 纸人贰

    Single-player alternative to Silence Channel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silence Channel.

    Paper Dolls 2 is a first-person horror adventure game. A dark aura emanates from a Qing dynasty dwelling—the Yin Mansion. What happened to the once-famous Yin Family? Clues lead us to its second floor haunted by restless spirits. A truth, buried for over a hundred years, is waiting to be unraveled.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Room — Steam game cover

    Dark Room

    Single-player alternative to Silence Channel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silence Channel.

    You woke up in a Mysterious place you have never seen before. Can you Find a way out? Solve Puzzles and find Hidden objects to uncover the Dark Story of the place you are trapped in.

    2020IndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Them — Steam game cover

    Them

    Single-player alternative to Silence Channel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silence Channel.

    You just want to play a video game in an old game club, but time passes quickly, and strange noises draw you into a dark nightmare! A nightmare that begins with an old video game... Are you ready to experience a 2D platformer game within the heart of a 3D first person psychological horror game?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Silent Wounds - The Doll — Steam game cover

    Silent Wounds - The Doll

    Single-player alternative to Silence Channel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silence Channel.

    Silent Wounds is an episodic psychological horror anthology. Each episode offers a compact and intense narrative experience. In this first episode, a man returns home and trades reality for the dangerous, silent obsession with a perfect doll.

    IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →