IMHO.

Single-player games like Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼, 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.

Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 page.

Ranked picks

  1. 1
    File Destined — Steam game cover

    File Destined

    Single-player alternative to Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼.

    Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  2. 2
    SOMA — Steam game cover

    SOMA

    Single-player alternative to Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼.

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
  3. 3
    The Beast Inside — Steam game cover

    The Beast Inside

    Single-player alternative to Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼.

    The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  4. 4
    Visage — Steam game cover

    Visage

    Single-player alternative to Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼.

    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 →
  5. 5
    Uventa — Steam game cover

    Uventa

    Single-player alternative to Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼.

    The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.

    2018IndieViolentGore0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  6. 6
    Don't Be Afraid — Steam game cover

    Don't Be Afraid

    Single-player alternative to Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼.

    Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

    2020ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  7. 7
    Maid of Sker — Steam game cover

    Maid of Sker

    Single-player alternative to Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼.

    Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.74 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  8. 8
    Palmyra Orphanage — Steam game cover

    Palmyra Orphanage

    Single-player alternative to Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼.

    Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.

    2019Indie5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  9. 9
    Untangle — Steam game cover

    Untangle

    Single-player alternative to Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼.

    Untangle is a first-person, single-player, school-violent-themed survival horror game. Though it's not a game based on a true story, it is built on an intention to raise awareness of school violence at the same time when you're playing a game.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  10. 10
    After the first station — Steam game cover

    After the first station

    Single-player alternative to Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼.

    After the first station is to create a chill and relaxing landscape for the players to explore. It includes light puzzles and fantasy elements. Let’s embark on a journey into the uncharted realm. 🚂 • • • • • • • •

    2021IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  11. 11
    Ouija Rumours — Steam game cover

    Ouija Rumours

    Single-player alternative to Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼.

    Oujia: Rumors provides a first-person thriller-horror survival experience taking in a haunted house. The fictional storyline is set to raise awareness against rumors. The wise do not buy rumors, do you?

    2022Indie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  12. 12
    Manacle | 猪仔 — Steam game cover

    Manacle | 猪仔

    Single-player alternative to Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼.

    Manacle is set in an impoverished town where players take on the role of a desperate father who becomes a black-market doctor. Players will face chilling truth as they uncover the secrets behind the town's decline and the source of its evil. Get ready for a thrilling and intense gaming experience.

    2023IndieSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →