Single-player games like Pumpkin Eater
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Pumpkin Eater, 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 Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
- 2
Luto
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pumpkin Eater.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
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Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pumpkin Eater.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
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The Cat Lady
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pumpkin Eater.
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
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Lydia
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pumpkin Eater.
Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?
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Without a Dawn
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pumpkin Eater.
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.
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Firework
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pumpkin Eater.
An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.
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Martha Is Dead
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pumpkin Eater.
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
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Object Ward.
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pumpkin Eater.
Object Ward is a dark comedy visual novel about the various misadventures of a man who sees everyone with an inanimate object for a head. What is real, and what is a hallucination?
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Amare Inversus
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pumpkin Eater.
Amare Inversus is a psychological thriller about a surgeon deeply obsessed with her patient. Love, lust, and obsession will begin to blur, leaving the audience with an unforgettable visual novel.