Single-player games like Tall Poppy
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Tall Poppy, 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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Scary Game
Single-player alternative to Tall Poppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tall Poppy.
You open your eyes in a dark, unfamiliar room; each door drags you into a new chamber filled with absurd surprises and dark comedy. Will you manage to escape, or will you continue to star in this black comedy?
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Scary Game 2: The Mad Shepherd
Single-player alternative to Tall Poppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tall Poppy.
Your first day as the new shepherd in the village… and everything is going wrong. The animals are missing. The villagers are strange. And the truth is far more terrifying.
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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
Single-player alternative to Tall Poppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tall Poppy.
Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.
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The Baby In Yellow
Single-player alternative to Tall Poppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tall Poppy.
You've got a new babysitting job, and things are taking a turn for the weird. Feed him, read him a bedtime story, and try not to fall into his dreams. How long can you stay in control?
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Journey To The Savage Planet
Single-player alternative to Tall Poppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tall Poppy.
"WELCOME TO THE PIONEER PROGRAM! As the newest recruit of Kindred Aerospace - The 4th best interstellar space exploration company - Your job is to determine if the planet ARY-26 planet is fit for humans. You may be short on equipment and experience, but you'll figure it out. Good luck!
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RATSHAKER™
Single-player alternative to Tall Poppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tall Poppy.
RATSHAKER™ is the fun and quirky solution to all your rat problems! Hold on to the RAT, shake your arm, and watch life’s problems disappear! How far can you go?
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SHUT IN
Single-player alternative to Tall Poppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tall Poppy.
SHUT IN is a dark comedy/psychological horror adventure game which explores depression and isolation by trapping you inside your own house. Explore a hostile home, solve puzzles, and withstand sarcasm from a rude and unreliable narrator. Idiot.
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Robotherapy
Single-player alternative to Tall Poppy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tall Poppy.
An emotional dark comedy about robots doing therapy. In Robotherapy, you're a robot therapist in a dystopian society that killed all the humans, but is still not happy. Treat patients, meet weird robots and enter their minds. If killing all humans doesn't bring happiness, then what does?