Single-player games like Start Running
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Start Running, 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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De Profundis
Single-player alternative to Start Running — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Start Running.
Un visual novel d’horreur qui se déroule dans le noir complet, où les paroles des personnages sont mises en musique.
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Carnal Sins: Malum Incarnatum + Carne Vescens
Single-player alternative to Start Running — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Start Running.
Dive into the twisted perceptions of love from two lost souls: Unravel a life torn apart by the desire to love and be loved, and help a mother feed her insatiable child by paying the ultimate price.
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The Wanderer: Frankenstein’s Creature
Single-player alternative to Start Running — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Start Running.
Experience the Myth of Frankenstein through the innocent eyes of his creature. Make decisions and change people's view that you will meet on your way. Now, the myth is in your hands, so how are you going to end it?
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Monsters of Little Haven
Single-player alternative to Start Running — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Start Running.
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
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Naked News
Single-player alternative to Start Running — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Start Running.
Join in the fun with an unforgettable experience unlike any other! Naked News brings some hardcore, crass, dirty, vulgar, dark humour into an easily offended world, not pulling any punches and making fun of everything with this visual novel-style comic, Sitcom-esque episodic!
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
Single-player alternative to Start Running — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Start Running.
Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
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The Sin
Single-player alternative to Start Running — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Start Running.
The depressing pictures of a dying village and its inhabitants to the dark ambient music of the underground performers make those who are still trying to survive in places where everything has long died, to plunge even deeper into the world of mystical horror and deep despair
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Bobok
Single-player alternative to Start Running — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Start Running.
Grotesque notes written not by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but by a "certain person".
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Pet
Single-player alternative to Start Running — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Start Running.
A horror visual novel about trying to get home to feed your cat.