Single-player games like SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind, 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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Soul of Savarog
Single-player alternative to SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind.
Soul of Savarog includes four of Twisted Universe's mobile horror thriller games. All of these plays tell the story of Savarog. Play Savarog, Savarog 2, Rule and Savarog 3 respectively.
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Dead Faces
Single-player alternative to SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind.
Dead Faces is a mind bending psychological horror. Unravel Jack's disturbing mind, the faces from his past and the ultimate truth behind his actions. You must remember their faces.
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Infinitum: The Backrooms Story
Single-player alternative to SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind.
INFINITUM is a horror open-world survival co-op story game for up to 4 players. Explore endless procedurally generated levels and uncover multiple endings, with every playthrough offering a unique experience.
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Project Looking Glass
Single-player alternative to SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind.
1963. A classified experiment. A grieving mother. A signal that won't stop transmitting. Step through the Looking Glass — a first-person psychological horror told through the static of a Cold War-era apparatus that peers into places mankind was never meant to reach.
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Heart attack
Single-player alternative to SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind.
There are ghosts in the dark, in order to survive you need to light your way, but all the items for this are limited.
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Athanasy
Single-player alternative to SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind.
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
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35MM
Single-player alternative to SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind.
Post-apocalyptic story about two travelers who set out on a long journey in the wasteland, left by people after the global epidemic.
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Ten Bells
Single-player alternative to SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP-479: Shadows of the Mind.
You're trapped in an old English pub. Unravel a chilling tale by identifying anomalies while trying to escape. Confront the horror as you survive the endless loop of Ten Bells.