Single-player games like Siphonopolis
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Siphonopolis, 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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Exorcist: Reviewer of Minds
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Siphonopolis.
Everyone must resist the relentless unfairness with the cards they've been dealt. Use the randomly distributed holy verses to identify the names of the 10 demons. Save 5 people and exorcise the sixth threat lurking in the shadows. This is a compact game of continuous gambles and judgments.
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Static Dread: The Submarine
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Siphonopolis.
Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.
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Barbotine
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Siphonopolis.
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
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Submergent
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Siphonopolis.
Explore and navigate an underwater cave in your submarine.
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Magnus Imago
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Siphonopolis.
Magnus Imago is an atmospheric journey through a mysterious world of characters, traces and symbols. The task of the player is to solve the puzzles, using proper combinations of objects, finding them in the environment around him.
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Iron Lung
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Siphonopolis.
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
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stikir
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Siphonopolis.
This game is about making this game.
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PUSS!
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Siphonopolis.
Insane, absurd and intense avoid-'em up game about a cat!
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6 Feet Behind
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Siphonopolis.
Your pursuer is your only weapon.
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Me and my eldritch parasite
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Siphonopolis.
You have an eldritch parasite. It sucks. Find a way to get rid of it while meeting its demands in this strage mix between sidescrolling horror, virtual pet and sarcasm.
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DETUNED
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Siphonopolis.
An eerie anti-rhythm hiden-object roguelike. Avoid a procedurally generated song. Look for pearls in a surreal wonderland. Experience hyperacusis from the comfort of your seat.
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Pseudo-Haunting
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Siphonopolis.
Fend off spirits by ripping your spirit off your body. Explore a glitched haunted house. Recall twisted memories. Get out alive.
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Until It’s Undone: Unmastered
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Siphonopolis.
A forgotten oldie returns with a full makeover. Control some lost idiot by typing commands. Unmake puzzles to progress. Bump into several lovely weirdos along the way. Discover a wonderland of disturbing nonsense and industrial amounts of sarcasm.
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VERTIGROWL
Single-player alternative to Siphonopolis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Siphonopolis.
A programming workplace horror comedy. Ascend through an eldritch tower. Input your movements ahead. Dodge unknown entities. Complain in the private chat. Get back to work.