Single-player games like Scourge of the village
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Scourge of the village, 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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CaseCracker2
Single-player alternative to Scourge of the village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Scourge of the village.
Jia huasheng ,the policeman of Chicheng police station, got disappeared without any trace after leaving a letter which illustrates the police station to start the CaseCracker system version 2.0.
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Things Too Ugly
Single-player alternative to Scourge of the village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Scourge of the village.
Clock in at TEREBRO INC. for the night shift in 1986. Protect the company's legacy as Risk Assessment Data Processor. Equipped with era-specific technology, navigate through obscured narratives to shape the company's future.
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三九
Single-player alternative to Scourge of the village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Scourge of the village.
《三九》是一款包含中式恐怖元素的第一人称悬疑解谜游戏。 玩家将以第一视角经历主角身上发生的神秘案件,在游戏中以图案搜查,平面迷宫, 思维解谜小游戏等不同形式破解案件剧情发现游戏真相,并通关故事结局。
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The Paradixion: Son's Room
Single-player alternative to Scourge of the village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Scourge of the village.
[The Paradixion: Son's Room] is a point-and-click adventure game with a mysterious atmosphere.Solve various puzzles with a unique atmosphere and find the hidden elements in the game to gather clues about the story.
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Abnormal1999:Sector 49
Single-player alternative to Scourge of the village — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Abnormal1999: Sector 49 is a challenging mystery puzzle game. You play as Sam, searching for your daughter in the abandoned Sector 49. Collect 10 consciousnesses to open the portal and escape.
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The Adventures of LinShanHai - Chapter2:Bus Bombing
Single-player alternative to Scourge of the village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Scourge of the village.
The bus to the suburbs suddenly exploded, the scene was a mess, the sales staff, including all 10 people on board died. Lin Shanhai led the scene investigation team to conduct a detailed investigation and visited all the families and friends of the deceased, but the case is still no clue.
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The Paradixion: Christmas
Single-player alternative to Scourge of the village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Scourge of the village.
[The Paradixion: Christmas] is a point-and-click adventure game with a mysterious atmosphere.Solve various puzzles with a unique atmosphere and find the hidden elements in the game to gather clues about the story.
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Desktop Explorer
Single-player alternative to Scourge of the village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Scourge of the village.
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
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当火车鸣笛三秒
Single-player alternative to Scourge of the village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Scourge of the village.
往事,往往会在淡化甚至遗忘时,以一种很难被人察觉的形态,影响着人们的生活。 这种现象叫做“后忆效应”。 而一段火车鸣笛,勾起了一位叫杨树的潦倒咨询师的过去,为了追寻自己身上的“往事”,他选择回到了自己的家乡---雾山镇。在那里,有个无比诡异的恐怖世界正在等待他的到来…… 反馈交流群:811121403
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Nodes
Single-player alternative to Scourge of the village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Scourge of the village.
Node production simulator. Purchase nodes to produce resources, so you can advance in the technology tree and build yourself a large production line. This game will satisfy your need for incremental simulators with the large amount of content.
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全网公敌:诡村
Single-player alternative to Scourge of the village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Scourge of the village.
本作是与《全网公敌》联动的全新故事,通过一台“旧电脑”进行互联网搜索解密的剧情互动游戏。你作为一名特殊调查员,需要负责解开隐藏在“登山客意外失踪”背后的超自然事件。随着调查深入,始作俑者也渐渐浮出水面,“祂”,似乎又与四十多年前消失在大火中的白河村,有着千丝万缕的联系。