Single-player games like Bad Dream: Purgatory
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Bad Dream: Purgatory, 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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Bad Dream: Stories
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
Bad Dream: Stories is a collection of older games in the Bad Dream series in a new, remastered form. Play the series of short point & click titles and travel through the disturbing and atmospheric world of dreams.
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Bad Dream: Coma
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
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Lucid Dream Adventure
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
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The Void
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
Only brought to life by scarce sparks of Color, the bleak, grey Void is a peculiar place. The player gets to explore it, get to know the Sisters, Brothers, and other weird creatures inhabiting it, and learn the ways of Color, harvesting it and drawing sigils that change the world around them.
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Strangeland
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
You wake in a surreal carnival, where a woman cries out to you before leaping to her death. Can either of you be saved? The denizens and devices of Strangeland answer with riddles, puzzles, and warnings of a Dark Thing lurking at the park’s peak. A new adventure from the creators of Primordia.
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Slender Threads
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
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The Franz Kafka Videogame
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
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Cat Museum
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
Immerse yourself in the bizarre art style and the surreal world of Cat Museum, a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure game. Solve the strange puzzles with your mischievous cat, and unveil the truth behind the mysterious museum.
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Bad Dream: Fever
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.
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Darkness Under My Bed
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.
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Game For Anna
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
Hello Anna. I made a game for you. We can play together as we used to.
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Faded Stories: Greenberg
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
Here in the city of Greenberg time is meaningless, and space is infinite. The city has endless history and yet... The whole place is fading away.
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Faded Stories: Full Moon
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
Unburied and forgotten undead gather in the city center, while the citizens of Greenberg go about their day-to-day lives.
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Bad Dream: Afterlife
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Purgatory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Purgatory.
You're back, but the entire dream is empty. All residents have evacuated, and the reason is you. The walls are covered with a number of hurtful messages, but the most common one is - "You can keep the whole city to yourself, but DON'T FOLLOW US, YOU MONSTER!"