Single-player games like Once Alive
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Once Alive, 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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For What Will Come
Single-player alternative to Once Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Alive.
Embark down the small path of a girl named Abby as she goes back home and digs through her childhood, reliving the past to help reveal the secrets of what actually happened. What will you uncover? Will the family mystery end with you, or will it be just another legend. REIMAGINED VERSION OUT NOW!!
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Luto
Single-player alternative to Once Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Alive.
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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A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead
Single-player alternative to Once Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Once Alive.
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is a single-player horror adventure game inspired by the critically acclaimed blockbuster movie franchise. Survive in silence.
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Transit
Single-player alternative to Once Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Alive.
Transit is a dark narrative adventure starring a sarcastic sock puppet in a world looping itself to death. Ride midnight trains through collapsing timelines, free traumatised souls, and search for your sister lost inside the loop.
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Little Brother Jim
Single-player alternative to Once Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Alive.
Little Brother Jim alternates between the jeep parking game, and Paul's journey up to the hill.
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Dimhaven - The Lost Source
Single-player alternative to Once Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Alive.
Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!
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Quern - Undying Thoughts
Single-player alternative to Once Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Once Alive.
Discover the truth about Quern’s past, unfold the mysteries of its present, and be the explorer who shapes its future. Quern introduces reusable puzzle mechanics to the classic genre, making the player think about the game as a whole, and not just as a series of individual challenges.
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Open Roads
Single-player alternative to Once Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Alive.
Long-lost family secrets. Hints of a hidden fortune. And miles to go before they sleep. Tess Devine’s relationship with her mom has never been easy, but they’re about to set out together on a journey into the past that they’ll never forget.
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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to Once Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Alive.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Single-player alternative to Once Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Once Alive.
Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.