Single-player games like Valley of Shadow
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Valley of Shadow, 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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The Quiet Things
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
Step into a fractured 00s childhood in the South of England. Inspired by the developer’s real diaries, this autobiographical narrative adventure invites you to uncover Alice’s story by piecing together evocative memories, and following in the footsteps of a young girl’s journey through adolescence.
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Radiolight
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
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As Long As You're Here
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as her past bleeds into the present.
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Fort Solis
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
Answer the call from a mining base on Mars as engineer Jack Leary and search for the missing crew. Fort Solis will immerse you with cinematic visuals powered by UE 5 and voice acting of Roger Clark and Troy Baker. Explore the mining complex and reach climax of this narrative thriller experience.
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Last Days of Lazarus
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.
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Last Time I Saw You
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.
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Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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The Gardens Between
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
The Gardens Between is a surreal puzzle adventure that follows best friends, Arina and Frendt, as they fall into a mysterious world of beautiful garden islands. Manipulate time to solve puzzles and discover the secrets of each island.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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The Turing Test
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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The Spectrum Retreat
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
Check-in to The Spectrum Retreat for a stay you won’t forget. Manipulate your way to the truth in this captivating narrative-driven puzzler.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.
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Q.U.B.E. 2
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.
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LIMICORE
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadow.
LIMICORE is a dark and narratively driven experience containing uncovered mysteries. Traverse the world through various realities and solve engaging puzzles to discover the truth behind the organization's objectives.