Single-player games like OWLMAN
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to OWLMAN, 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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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
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.
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Blair Witch
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
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.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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Gray Dawn
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
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Outlast 2
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
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.
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Shhh!
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
Explore haunted locations with your VHS camera—but stay silent! Any noise could be your last. (Microphone required)
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The Gap
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with OWLMAN.
The Gap is a short first-person horror experience taking place in a ghostly abandoned house on a lonely street corner.
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Where's Oswald
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with OWLMAN.
A short horror experience taking place in a dream or a memory.