Single-player games like The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows, 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 Clown's Forest
Single-player alternative to The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows.
You play as Michael, an 18-Year-old College Student, who had gone camping with his friends over the weekend, although, unfortunately for them, it turned from a peaceful getaway to a fight for survival.
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Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
Single-player alternative to The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows.
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
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Ib
Single-player alternative to The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows.
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
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CORPUS EDAX
Single-player alternative to The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows.
An immersive first-person-melee RPG where you create your character and fight, talk or sneak your way out of confrontation. From concrete buildings to futuristic environments - start from the bottom and make your way through narrative missions to the top of the city in a bid for control.
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House of Rules
Single-player alternative to The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows.
Congratulations! You're hired as a new waterer in Black Kiwa. Water the plants, and we'll pay you 30 G per hour. You'll never find any other job this generous. No, we're not hiding anything from you. If you just follow the work protocols and stay out of trouble, everything will be fine.
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ALONE
Single-player alternative to The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows.
You have to help a guy named Yeongchul trapped inside his home, navigate the house to protect himself from suspicious person.
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Souls of Chronos
Single-player alternative to The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows.
The Apocalypse shattered a world in disarray. Facing his impending death, a young boy named Sid crossed paths with Torii, a girl who feeds on the energy of time. In the harbour town of Astella, a mysterious adventure is about to unfold along with the investigation of an unusual crime...
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Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story
Single-player alternative to The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Clown's Forest 2: Waking Shadows.
A 2.5D horror game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame, mixing cyberpunk with traditional Cantonese folklore. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots by celebrating visceral horror and the slow, fearful creep of dread.