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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Uncanny Tales: Cold Road
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
Uncanny Tales is an episodic horror series where the real terror comes not from monsters or the supernatural, but from people. Each episode is a new unsettling story inspired by real fears and eerie situations from everyday life.
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The Derailed
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.
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Uncanny Tales: 1992
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
Autumn, 1992. Anton, a 14-year-old boy, moves with his parents to a small town and is left alone in his grandmother's apartment. Meanwhile, children are disappearing across the town — the police are powerless, and no one knows who's behind it…
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![[HERROR] Gas Station Case — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3902800/a99bfbc40e5cbb9d067d9c80ee426bf049f4022c/header.jpg?t=1787254526)
[HERROR] Gas Station Case
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with OWLMAN.
A cinematic, story-driven alien horror set in 1999 Ohio. Work the night shift at a remote gas station. A mysterious briefcase from the lake. Stolen uranium fuel. A blood-covered coworker.
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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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Coincidences?
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
After a sudden rent hike, you move into a suspiciously cheap house deep in the woods. The price is absurdly low and there’s work nearby-it seems like a stroke of luck. But you soon realize something is seriously wrong with the place...
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Pyromaniac
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
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![[Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達 — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1611490/header.jpg?t=1662351673)
[Chilla's Art] Night Delivery | 例外配達
Single-player alternative to OWLMAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with OWLMAN.
Night Delivery | 例外配達 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game.
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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.