Single-player games like Karakuru
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Karakuru, 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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Manipulate: Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to Karakuru — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karakuru.
Are you ready for a fearful journey beyond your perceptions?
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Don't Turn Back
Single-player alternative to Karakuru — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Karakuru.
Don't Turn Back is a first-person, single-player psychological horror game. You play Bethany, A young woman who has just inherited her grandfather's mansion. Get immersed in the deeply emotional story of Bethany's family, and experience everything there is inside this home...good and evil.
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Luto
Single-player alternative to Karakuru — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karakuru.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
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The Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to Karakuru — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karakuru.
The Lighthouse is a uniquely crafted thriller with glimpses into psychotic, alternate dimensions. Private Investigator James Irvine finds himself lured into a haunting, neo-noir world in search of a missing young woman, named Lily Beaumont.
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The Lightkeeper
Single-player alternative to Karakuru — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karakuru.
Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper
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Football Game
Single-player alternative to Karakuru — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Karakuru.
You are Tommy, a local high school football hero in the town of East Bend. It’s game night for the Purchase County Turbines and your sweetheart is waiting in the bleachers. Join Tommy for a night you won’t forget...
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Martha Is Dead
Single-player alternative to Karakuru — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Karakuru.
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
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BURIED STARS
Single-player alternative to Karakuru — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Karakuru.
A mystery adventure set at the collapse site of a live survival audition show. Trapped contestants communicate with each other—and the outside world through social media—as they wait for rescue. But as unexpected events unfold, trust begins to crack, and survival becomes far more complicated.
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Case Sealed
Single-player alternative to Karakuru — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Karakuru.
You found a new opportunity to save your daughter. The authorities who learned about your situation gave you a job opportunity. You have to be successful in this job, which is your last chance, and save up for your daughter's surgery. Remember, you only have 30 days.