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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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.
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CE-III Protocol: Last Drop
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
CE-III Protocol is a horror puzzle RPG set in an SCP-inspired world. An amnesiac girl wakes in the darkness—frail, timid… but not alone nor defenseless. Face deadly entities: observe, evade, exploit… or simply eliminate them. Lead her through this surreal nightmare, and uncover the secret behind it.
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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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.
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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.
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YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...
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Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
A eulogy for happiness, and a lament for connection that never was.
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Those Who Remain
Single-player alternative to Ib — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ib.
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.