Single-player games like Dark Notes
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Dark Notes, 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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Paper Bride
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Notes.
Paper Bride is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game. You will play as the groom to search for the truth and have bizarre encounters, gradually learning about the dark mystic custom in the bride's home village and a story from the past...
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The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dark Notes.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
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The Chrono Jotter
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Notes.
Rewind time to save your girlfriend in a twisted high school death game. A gripping yuri visual novel: Investigate brutal murders, unravel psychological horrors, and fight for a forbidden love that defies death itself.
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The Séance of Blake Manor
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dark Notes.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Notes.
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
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An English Haunting
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dark Notes.
While looking for the existence of the Great Beyond, Professor Patrick Moore, aided by a fake medium, will build a device to see the other side, embark on a search for a millenary artifact, and investigate the most haunted manor of 1907 England.
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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Notes.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Re:Turn - One Way Trip
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Notes.
Re:Turn - One Way Trip is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure horror game. Trapped in a ghostly train, Saki must search the past and present to find and save her friends. More importantly, Saki must use her wits if she is to survive against an unspeakable evil hellbent on avenging unrequited love.
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Paper Bride 2 Zangling Village
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Notes.
This is the sequel to our Paper Bride series based on Chinese folklore. This story takes place in Zangling Village, where players must explore a village shrouded in occult mystery to uncover the secret origins of this haunted village.
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Paper Bride 3 Unresolved Love
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Notes.
Paper Bride 3 is a Chinese horror mystery puzzle game This is the third horror puzzle game from our team. This time the story takes place in Moshui Village, which is near Zangling Village, and Fulu City, a small town nearby.
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Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Notes.
"Paper Bride 5 Two Lifetimes" is the 5th work in the "Paper Bride' series. Our cast from Zangling Village return to the stage to welcome players back to the world of paper bride...
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Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Notes.
"Paper Bride 4 Bound Love" is a Chinese horror puzzle game, the fourth work in the "Paper Bride" series. Welcome everyone to return to the world of Paper Bride. This time, let us uncover the secrets of Yichang Town together.
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Paper Bride 6 Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Notes.
“Paper Bride 6 Nightmare” is the sixth work to the Paper Bride series. Dive into a bewitching dream and immerse yourself in yet another immersive Chinese horror puzzle game!
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Paper Bride 7 Lethal Bond
Single-player alternative to Dark Notes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Notes.
Speak not of love untouched by passion's fire, as it's a torturous journey. If lovers would remain faithful evermore,On Peony Pavilion’s road they’ll meet for three lives more. Paper Bride 7: Lethal Bond is a Chinese horror puzzle game, and the 7th title of the Paper Bride series.