Single-player games like Ib
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Ib, 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 Witch's House MV
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.
- 2
OneShot
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
- 3
Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.
- 4
Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
- 5
Detention
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
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Fran Bow
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
- 7
OFF
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
“I’m the Batter. I’ve been entrusted with a sacred mission.” -- One of the most influential RPGs of the last 20 years is finally coming to Steam. Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge.
- 8
Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
Delve into the enthralling world of Pocket Mirror ~ GoldenerTraum, the acclaimed RPG Maker gothic horror game that'll take you on a moving journey of self-discovery.
- 9
Yume Nikki
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
- 10
Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ib.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
- 11
SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ib.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
- 12
The Crooked Man
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile... This is the first title in the series known as The Strange Man, developed by Uri Games. Experience the myriad horrors awaiting David as he moves into his new house.
- 13
Undertale
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ib.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
- 14
The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
- 15
Mad Father
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
- 16
Doki Doki Literature Club!
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ib.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.