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Single-player games like The Renovator: Origins

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Renovator: Origins, 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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    Clink — Steam game cover

    Clink

    Single-player alternative to The Renovator: Origins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Renovator: Origins.

    You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chorus of Carcosa — Steam game cover

    Chorus of Carcosa

    Single-player alternative to The Renovator: Origins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Renovator: Origins.

    Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LIMINAL SHIFT — Steam game cover

    LIMINAL SHIFT

    Single-player alternative to The Renovator: Origins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Renovator: Origins.

    Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dollmare — Steam game cover

    Dollmare

    Single-player alternative to The Renovator: Origins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Renovator: Origins.

    You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    There's Something In The Ice — Steam game cover

    There's Something In The Ice

    Single-player alternative to The Renovator: Origins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Renovator: Origins.

    In 2015, three scientists at the Antarctic research station "Zarya" drilled into the ice to a depth of 2 kilometers and took samples for study... It seems that what they found was not at all what they were looking for...

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation2.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lair of Torment — Steam game cover

    Lair of Torment

    Single-player alternative to The Renovator: Origins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Renovator: Origins.

    This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Welcome to Kowloon — Steam game cover

    Welcome to Kowloon

    Single-player alternative to The Renovator: Origins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Renovator: Origins.

    This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.

    2023IndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Father's Day — Steam game cover

    Father's Day

    Single-player alternative to The Renovator: Origins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Renovator: Origins.

    "Father's Day" - a psychological thriller that is a spin-off and prequel to the game "Find Yourself". The dream of living happily ever after was destroyed after Phil lost his wife and son. Obsessed with the desire to return them, he develops a plan.

    2022IndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Visage — Steam game cover

    Visage

    Single-player alternative to The Renovator: Origins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Renovator: Origins.

    Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Layers of Fear (2016) — Steam game cover

    Layers of Fear (2016)

    Single-player alternative to The Renovator: Origins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Renovator: Origins.

    A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

    2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Don't Mess With Bober — Steam game cover

    Don't Mess With Bober

    Single-player alternative to The Renovator: Origins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Renovator: Origins.

    One small mistake on vacation can lead to big trouble. Are you ready for it? Are you ready to face the Beaver… who’s out for revenge?

    2025Indie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bring Me... — Steam game cover

    Bring Me...

    Single-player alternative to The Renovator: Origins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Renovator: Origins.

    Play as a young woman who has been caring for her sick father and has been trapped in an anomalous cycle. Observe your surroundings for anomalies to find your way out of this nightmare.

    2024Indie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →