Single-player games like Short Stories Paranoia
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Short Stories Paranoia, 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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Rakshas
Single-player alternative to Short Stories Paranoia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Stories Paranoia.
A photorealistic horror prologue: sneak past a corpse-feeding monster, solve a library puzzle, and collect voodoo dolls to escape the cultist dungeon .
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The Heirloom
Single-player alternative to Short Stories Paranoia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Stories Paranoia.
Uncover the secrets of your family and your grandfather's old lighthouse as you seek the truth behind the unusual happenings in The Heirloom, a mysterious thriller adventure inspired by the atmosphere of the Hebrides and Scottish folklore!
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Chaperone
Single-player alternative to Short Stories Paranoia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Short Stories Paranoia.
Chaperone is a first-person psychological horror game. The events are completely real. Supernatural events taking place in an atmospheric and constricting closed house, events of unknown cause. You can enjoy being scared to the fullest.
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Inn The Dark
Single-player alternative to Short Stories Paranoia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Stories Paranoia.
You have been sent to aid in a Triple Homicide case. But you soon find that things are not as they seem. Inn This first person horror game you must investigate the strange super natural on goings in a haunted hotel. Run and hide from danger using only a Flashlight and Camera!
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The Midnight Bus
Single-player alternative to Short Stories Paranoia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Short Stories Paranoia.
A short narrative horror experience, in which you find yourself in the middle of nowhere in a snowstorm without knowing what has happened to the driver or the other passengers in the vehicle, you just know that there is something out there lurking.
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Cliché Horror 2000s: The Witch’s Lair
Single-player alternative to Short Stories Paranoia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Short Stories Paranoia.
Cliché Horror Anos 2000: The Witch’s Lair is a third-person horror game inspired by 2000s slasher movies. Four young filmmakers enter an abandoned mansion to shoot an amateur film, only to discover that the entity lurking within is just part of something far greater.
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Don't Leave
Single-player alternative to Short Stories Paranoia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Short Stories Paranoia.
Welcome to a mysterious adventure where justice and the supernatural intertwine! Judge Harlan, in his old country cottage, faces a mysterious presence after his mother's sudden departure. Explore justice's limits in this extraordinary tale!
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The Ice Cream Shop
Single-player alternative to Short Stories Paranoia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Short Stories Paranoia.
The Evil Presence is an immersive first-person psychological horror game. After moving into a new house, a man experiences supernatural occurrences and discovers the untold history of the residence.
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Typing Hero
Single-player alternative to Short Stories Paranoia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Short Stories Paranoia.
In a world filled with Zombies, the last survivor of a Spec Ops squad tries to survive, and make his way through Hordes of Zombies to reach his final destination.
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Short Stories Whispers In The Walls
Single-player alternative to Short Stories Paranoia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Short Stories Paranoia.
Follow in the footsteps of Detective John Palisnki, drawn to a small town after a tragic suicide. As he searches for answers, John encounters supernatural phenomena that challenge his understanding of reality. Unravel dark secrets and face your fears in a haunting atmosphere filled with mystery.