Single-player games like Strange Horticulture
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Strange Horticulture, 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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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
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Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
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Back to the Dawn
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
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Sherlock Holmes Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death.
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Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
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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Enigma of Fear
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.
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Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Strange Horticulture.
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
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Wytchwood
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
Wytchwood is a crafting adventure game set in a land of gothic fables and fairytales. As the old witch of the woods, explore a strange countryside, collect magic ingredients, brew sorcerous spells, and pass judgement upon a capricious cast of characters.
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DREDGE
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
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SUNLESS SEA
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Plague M.D.
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
Plague M.D. is a medieval medicine simulator. Become a quack doctor stuck in a backwater village in the 16th century.
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Papers, Please
Single-player alternative to Strange Horticulture — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Horticulture.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.