Single-player games like The Gap
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Gap, 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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Metamorphosis
Single-player alternative to The Gap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gap.
Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.
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Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County
Single-player alternative to The Gap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gap.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery in the wild west.
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The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Single-player alternative to The Gap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gap.
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
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The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
Single-player alternative to The Gap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Gap.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
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Eschaton
Single-player alternative to The Gap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gap.
Eschaton is a short, experimental, surreal first-person exploration game. Explore the 'aftermath' of a cult ritual in the grounds of a manor in the remote and picturesque Scottish Highlands.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to The Gap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gap.
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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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to The Gap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gap.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to The Gap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gap.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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Heavy Rain
Single-player alternative to The Gap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Gap.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
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Beyond: Two Souls
Single-player alternative to The Gap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Gap.
A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
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Detroit: Become Human
Single-player alternative to The Gap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Gap.
Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
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IMMORTALITY
Single-player alternative to The Gap — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gap.
Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.