Single-player games like The Bogtavern
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Bogtavern, 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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Omen Exitio: Plague
Single-player alternative to The Bogtavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bogtavern.
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.
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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Single-player alternative to The Bogtavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bogtavern.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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The Trench
Single-player alternative to The Bogtavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bogtavern.
As captain of the Pandora sub, you must explore the Trench and retrieve data from the Neptune wreckage. But beware - the trench is home to unimaginable horrors that will test your courage. Can you survive the terrors of the deep and complete your mission, or will you become the next victim?
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Mucorales
Single-player alternative to The Bogtavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bogtavern.
An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.
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Bobok
Single-player alternative to The Bogtavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bogtavern.
Grotesque notes written not by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but by a "certain person".
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Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets
Single-player alternative to The Bogtavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bogtavern.
Your girlfriend seems to be hiding something. Will you respect her privacy or pry into her secrets? Don't worry, though. This is a horror dating sim with a time loop, so you can try again...and again...and again...
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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to The Bogtavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bogtavern.
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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The Sin
Single-player alternative to The Bogtavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bogtavern.
The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair
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Rheinland
Single-player alternative to The Bogtavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Bogtavern.
Let yourself be carried away by Wanderslust and travel down the medieval River Rhine with the musicians. Experience a cozy, narrative-heavy fantasy story. Gather harmony and manage your resources. The key to everything is music, so improvise your own songs since in Rheinland everyone is a musician!