Single-player games like 49 Keys
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to 49 Keys, 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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Blood On The Thames
Single-player alternative to 49 Keys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 49 Keys.
A murder mystery puzzle game with visual novel elements in a Gothic, Lovecraftian world. Collect clues, solve puzzles, interrogate suspects, and uncover the mystery surrounding the death of Mini’s husband.
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The Hunter's Journals - Tattered Sails
Single-player alternative to 49 Keys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with 49 Keys.
A horror lurks beneath the earth. Terror rises from the past.
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Daemonologie
Single-player alternative to 49 Keys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 49 Keys.
A short folk horror story about the Scottish witch trials. You play the role of a witch finder. Speak to the locals and sort their truths from their lies. On the last morning a witch must hang, best you know who by then.
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Restore, Reflect, Retry
Single-player alternative to 49 Keys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 49 Keys.
You've played this game before. It's a haunted game about a haunted game. You may not remember, but the game remembers you. I remember you.
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HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising
Single-player alternative to 49 Keys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 49 Keys.
Dive deep into the twisted HP Lovecraft universe with this oversized narrative RPG. Slip into the intertwined souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor, surrounded by cult worshippers, as Nyarlathotep, the cosmic horror, strives to enslave humanity in 1929.
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Home Safety Hotline
Single-player alternative to 49 Keys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 49 Keys.
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.
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Life Eater
Single-player alternative to 49 Keys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 49 Keys.
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
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Misericorde: Volume One
Single-player alternative to 49 Keys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 49 Keys.
Misericorde: Volume One is the first part of a series of mystery visual novels set in a convent in 1482.
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The Room
Single-player alternative to 49 Keys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 49 Keys.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
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Mystery Box 3: Escape The Room
Single-player alternative to 49 Keys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 49 Keys.
Welcome to the 3rd chapter of the "Mystery Box" series. You're trapped inside dark rooms and must solve intriguing enigmas to open boxes and escape. Can you make it?