Single-player games like Anachroma
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Anachroma, 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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Crimson Tale
Single-player alternative to Anachroma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anachroma.
Crimson Tale is a short first-person narrative puzzle game where Elizabeth uses blood magic and vampire powers to defy the oppressive nobility. Avoid sunlight, travel through time, and hunt the Golden Guard to end their reign.
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Botany Manor
Single-player alternative to Anachroma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Anachroma.
Welcome to Botany Manor, a stately home in 19th century England. You play as inhabitant Arabella Greene, a retired botanist. Explore your house and gardens, filled with research, to figure out the ideal habitat of forgotten flora. Grow each plant to discover the mysterious qualities they hold…
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Discolored
Single-player alternative to Anachroma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anachroma.
Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.
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Nephise
Single-player alternative to Anachroma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anachroma.
Nephise is a short and atmospheric puzzle game with narration. It is a relaxing and mysterious experience especially with the help of its music.
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Nephise Begins
Single-player alternative to Anachroma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anachroma.
Nephise Begins tells the player what happened at the time before Nephise was an orb collector. The main setting is forest again, but this time without snow, instead a more sunny and foggy weather.
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Sumire
Single-player alternative to Anachroma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anachroma.
One Day, One Life. Sumire is a magical narrative adventure about choices made, and dreams lost and found. Embark on a mysterious journey to help Sumire achieve her deepest wishes, before the day ends and the sky turns to twilight.
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DREAM LOGIC
Single-player alternative to Anachroma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anachroma.
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
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Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
Single-player alternative to Anachroma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anachroma.
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches is a first-person point-and-click adventure inspired by Welsh mythology, focused on investigation, puzzles, and a dark, atmospheric mystery.