Single-player games like Tear Factory
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Tear Factory, 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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SUBJECT 404
Single-player alternative to Tear Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tear Factory.
A PSX-style psychological horror game where rapid-fire microgames become a system of obedience. Read the Panel’s commands, react before time runs out, and survive each room — or face the Executioner.
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$$$://somnialys i am tired, so i bought a couple of dreams
Single-player alternative to Tear Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tear Factory.
An adventure game about exploring dreams purchased by an office worker who can no longer dream. Using the “Somnialys” dream console, explore surreal/weirdcore worlds that loop endlessly and solve the puzzles to wake up.
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Barbotine
Single-player alternative to Tear Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tear Factory.
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
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Invasion of The Halloween Fiends
Single-player alternative to Tear Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tear Factory.
Invasion of The Halloween Fiends is a First-Person Retro horror game that takes place on Halloween Night. Strangers keep visiting you looking for candy. Some of them may not be so friendly. Will you be able to survive Halloween Night?
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EPONYMOUS
Single-player alternative to Tear Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tear Factory.
EPONYMOUS: In Which a Work Is Known by Its Reading is a short-form narrative about unreliable infrastructures.
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NIGHTSLINK
Single-player alternative to Tear Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tear Factory.
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
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Fibrillation HD
Single-player alternative to Tear Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tear Factory.
Immerse yourself in an adaptation of an old story about Ewan Berrington.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to Tear Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tear Factory.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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Bus Simulator 23
Single-player alternative to Tear Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Drive your daily bus route and reconnect with an old friend
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Gut Rot
Single-player alternative to Tear Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tear Factory.
Escape the island