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Single-player games like Trance, Trauma

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Trance, Trauma, 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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    Magnus Imago — Steam game cover

    Magnus Imago

    Single-player alternative to Trance, Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trance, Trauma.

    Magnus Imago is an atmospheric journey through a mysterious world of characters, traces and symbols. The task of the player is to solve the puzzles, using proper combinations of objects, finding them in the environment around him.

    2022IndieAdventure8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ajar — Steam game cover

    Ajar

    Single-player alternative to Trance, Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trance, Trauma.

    Ajar is a point-and-click escape room, where every puzzle tells a story. Crawling with psychological horror and hand-drawn art, you’ll play as an ill-fated girl haunted by death, determined to find your missing brother - even if it kills you.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chiasmus — Steam game cover

    Chiasmus

    Single-player alternative to Trance, Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trance, Trauma.

    Viktor finds himself in a mysterious apartment with no way out. He discovers an amazing ability to move between two parallel worlds. This discovery helps him piece together the scattered fragments of what is happening and find the key to solving the mystery.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Servant of the Lake — Steam game cover

    Servant of the Lake

    Single-player alternative to Trance, Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trance, Trauma.

    Begin your new job as a servant at the mysterious Vanderboom estate. Solve puzzles, serve the family and uncover their dark alchemical secrets in Servant of the Lake, a new upcoming single-player point-and-click adventure in the Rusty Lake series.

    2026IndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Larry The Unlucky Part 3 — Steam game cover

    Larry The Unlucky Part 3

    Single-player alternative to Trance, Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trance, Trauma.

    Help Larry find a cure for his wife and break his curse of unluckiness by solving riddles and puzzles on his adventures around the whole world.

    2021IndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rusty Lake: Roots — Steam game cover

    Rusty Lake: Roots

    Single-player alternative to Trance, Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trance, Trauma.

    Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.

    2016IndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Unsound Love — Steam game cover

    Unsound Love

    Single-player alternative to Trance, Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trance, Trauma.

    An open-world horror escape room where nothing is explained. You are born into a new world through the backseat of a wrecked car. Trapped in a time loop. Understand it — or stay trapped forever.

    2027IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Puppet's Casket — Steam game cover

    The Puppet's Casket

    Single-player alternative to Trance, Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Trance, Trauma.

    The Puppet's Casket is a 2D puzzle adventure set in a mysterious Victorian manor. Navigate among eerie marionettes, solve intricate puzzles, and gather clues to seize the artificial eye and uncover the truth behind the Thorn family's tragic downfall.

    2026Adventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →