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Single-player games like Grim Tales: Echo of the Past

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past, 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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    It Happened Here: Beacon of Truth Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    It Happened Here: Beacon of Truth Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    Dive into a cold case of murder and betrayal at a lighthouse!

    2023AdventureCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    It Happened Here: Streaming Lives — Steam game cover

    It Happened Here: Streaming Lives

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    Are you ready, detective? Step into a tale of mystery, intrigue, deceit, and murder!

    2023AdventureCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cursed Fables: A Voice to Die For Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    Cursed Fables: A Voice to Die For Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    Marianna, the sea witch, is investigating a mind-control mystery, but she soon discovers that she may know the culprit personally!

    2023AdventureCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chimeras: Blinding Love — Steam game cover

    Chimeras: Blinding Love

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    Something dangerous prowls the streets... Can you find out what's targeting young men in Paris?

    2023AdventureCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Haunted Hotel XVI: Beyond the Page Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    Haunted Hotel XVI: Beyond the Page Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    Travel to spooky hotel to track down a horror writer whose inventions might just be leaping off the page!

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    Strange Investigations: Secrets can be Deadly Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    Strange Investigations: Secrets can be Deadly Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    Join Dane, the intrepid investigator, as she unravels the truth and grapples with what to believe in this haunting story from imagination to reality!

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    Crossroads: Escaping the Dark — Steam game cover

    Crossroads: Escaping the Dark

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    Can you guide a tormented gamer through a trio of terrifying challenges?

    2023AdventureCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Surface: Project Dawn — Steam game cover

    Surface: Project Dawn

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    Something lurks beneath the surface... Can you save yourself and your daughter in time?

    2023AdventureCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Haunted Hotel — Steam game cover

    Haunted Hotel

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    Check in to the spooky Haunted Hotel and immerse yourself in a thrilling adventure!

    2016Casual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Midnight Calling: Wise Dragon Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    Midnight Calling: Wise Dragon Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    A visit to your father takes a dark turn as you find your hometown in flames! Your only hope is to find the Wise Dragon, but are they friend or foe? It’s up to you to find out!

    2022AdventureCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Halloween Stories: Mark on the Bone Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    Halloween Stories: Mark on the Bone Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    When an evil spirit starts claiming souls from its abandoned fortress, can you use your skills as a Medium to stop the Dark Keeper’s plans and escape with your life in time?

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    Book Travelers: A Victorian Story Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    Book Travelers: A Victorian Story Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    As head librarian takes a strange turn when novelist Charlotte Brontë herself magically appears to ask for your help! Someone’s going into famous stories and changing them, threatening the worlds and characters inside. Can you travel into your favorite novels to stop a dangerous vigilante in time?

    2022AdventureCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crossroads: Escaping the Dark Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    Crossroads: Escaping the Dark Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    A visit to Crossroads becomes a digital nightmare for a gamer struggling with a host of trauma-induced phobias!

    2022AdventureCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Christmas Stories: Taxi of Miracles Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    Christmas Stories: Taxi of Miracles Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    A tough year has put a damper on your town’s holiday cheer. With Christmas just around the corner, it’s up to you and a jolly cab driver named Nick to help townspeople in need and share the true meaning of Christmas with one and all!

    2022AdventureCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cursed Fables: Twisted Tower Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    Cursed Fables: Twisted Tower Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    When news of a creature stealing the souls of men from a local village reaches your coven, it’s the perfect chance for you to prove you’re ready to join their ranks! Do you have what it takes to stop the beast from destroying the kingdom, or will you lose yourself to the tower’s darkness?

    2022AdventureCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paranormal Files: Price of a Secret Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    Paranormal Files: Price of a Secret Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to Grim Tales: Echo of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Grim Tales: Echo of the Past.

    Rumors of hauntings surround the Russells’ Winery and Hotel for decades, but it’s not until you arrive that the paranormal goes on the offensive! Something doesn’t want you investigating the secluded island, and it will do anything to keep its secrets buried. Crack the case before it’s too late?

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