Single-player games like Confabulation
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Confabulation, 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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Quest room
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Confabulation.
The quest room is a location from which you need to get out by interacting with objects and using various clues. But be careful, you are not alone in this room.
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Sealed
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Confabulation.
Sealed is a horror game that will immerse you in a disturbing and mysterious experience. You will find yourself trapped in a haunted hospital, where every shadow and every whisper will remind you that you are not alone.
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Penitence
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Confabulation.
Return home and uncover the mystery of your daughter's death, and the demon that plagues you, in this escape room style atmospheric puzzler.
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Confabulation: Homestead
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Confabulation.
Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.
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The 7th Shift
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Confabulation.
A psychological horror game about working overnight shifts alone in a grocery store. Stock shelves. Clean. Do your job. But you soon realize something sinister is watching. Survive seven shifts to discover why you were really hired and face a choice that will seal your fate.
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Whisper Of The Curse
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Confabulation.
"Whisper of the Curse" is a 4-player online co-op psychological horror game where you and your team will perform various rituals and spells to eliminate the curse and fend off cursed entities. At the same time, you'll need to avoid being hunted by these malevolent entities.
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The Man in the Fields
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Confabulation.
The Man in the Fields is a first person horror experience based on a ritual of the same name. Once you summon The Man in the Fields, every door and item in your house will be opened. Close everything in time to prevent it from getting in.
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Clink
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Confabulation.
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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Phasmophobia
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Confabulation.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
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I'm on Observation Duty
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Confabulation.
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
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The Mortuary Assistant
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Confabulation.
Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.
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Buried
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Confabulation.
You wake up buried alive. You are running out of oxygen and you can't remember how you got here. There must be a way out, can you figure it out in time?
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The Gravedigger
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Confabulation.
You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.
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The Anomaly Experiment
Single-player alternative to Confabulation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Confabulation.
Sentenced to life in prison, you’re offered freedom by joining a trial for a new drug. The experiment is simple: enter the room, observe, and identify what has changed. Complete all tasks, and your sentence is commuted. But, the further you go, the more unsettling your reality becomes.