Single-player games like Red Tape
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Red Tape, 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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Melancholia Maze
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Tape.
Melancholia Maze is a brief atmospheric horror adventure in a twisted version of home. Complete everyday tasks while avoiding lurking demons, collect clues to piece together a lifeline, and find your way out of the darkness. Escape is just a call away.
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Urbex Night Security
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Red Tape.
Atmospheric slow-burn indie horror game. Walking simulator interspersed with various events, sometimes simple puzzles and a bit of running away.Student starts working as a security guard in the old abandoned factory that hides a dark secret.
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For Her
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Tape.
For Her is a single-player, story-driven psychological horror game that delves into the depths of morality, sacrifice, and the human psyche. You play as David Hill, a dedicated police officer in Dismas City. A loving husband and father, David always puts his family first, no matter the cost.
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Just an Ordinary Bike Ride
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Tape.
In this adventure horror game you experience nothing but a calm bike ride home, your chauffeur is late and it's starting to rain. You only have a bike but you need to get home, it's a rather empty street aside from some debris. It's just a bike ride home.
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Cryptica
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Tape.
Cryptica is a narrative-based psychological horror game where the apocalypse is just the beginning. Explore the enigmatic lands of Antarctica and find the missing film crew.
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Clink
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Tape.
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?
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They Can Hear Us
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Tape.
"They Can Hear Us," the first episode, narrates horror stories that interact with you through the microphone, playing on the fear of whoever is listening.
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RATSHAKER™
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Tape.
RATSHAKER™ is the fun and quirky solution to all your rat problems! Hold on to the RAT, shake your arm, and watch life’s problems disappear! How far can you go?
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Tape.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The smash-hit stylish action game DMC4 is back and better than ever, boasting new playable characters and game modes!
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The Norwood Suite
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Tape.
Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.
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Duck's Inferno
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Red Tape.
Duck’s Inferno is a fun and challenging Action/Runner game. Fly through the nine circles of Dante’s Hell! Improve your hand agility dodging fatal blows and slashing demon hordes. Grab awesome prizes and win the epic battle against Evil!
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Smile For Me
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Tape.
A heartbroken clown, wayward souls, and juicy mechanical lips. As “The Big Event" draws near, help the troubled residents of the Habitat and de-mask the mysterious Doctor Habit... before it's too late.
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The Procession to Calvary
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Tape.
Pilfer from pirates, conspire with cardinals and perform miracles with an incompetent magician. The Procession to Calvary is a Pythonesque adventure game made from Renaissance paintings, and a spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed Four Last Things.
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Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Tape.
On the corner of July Avenue and Yam Street, all is not what it seems. What role will you play in a city's fate?
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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Red Tape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Tape.
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.