Single-player games like Pumpkin Eater
Below are 11 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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Bad Faith
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pumpkin Eater.
Sanctuaries. Secrets. Serious consequences. A solo-developed psychological horror/drama visual novel.
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Nightmare Inside
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pumpkin Eater.
Join Finn on his adventure through the most beautiful periods of his adolescence! Finn, a 16 year old boy, lives in a cute town with his mother and friends. So, what will happen in his life? Put on your coats to find out, because Norway is cold! This game is not suitable for all audiences.
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Pikabuu: STOP!
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pumpkin Eater.
Beni, a loving husband to Nadia and father to Kaila, always ensured his family's needs were met with simple contentment. However, one day, an unwitting decision dragged his small family into a spiral that threatens everything.
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骸心 Mainbody
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pumpkin Eater.
A puzzle-based horror game where the player takes on the role of a building manager who manages a haunted building and its "patients". Through the player's different options will raise or lower the pollution value, thus triggering different endings.
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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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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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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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Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Pumpkin Eater.
“Perennial Dusk -Kinsenka-” is a kinetic novel about how the human heart endures relentless violence and limitless cruelty, telling the story of a group of exorcists-in-training as they gather the pieces needed to mend their wounded souls.
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Single-player alternative to Pumpkin Eater — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
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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.