Single-player games like Gloomy Eyes
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Gloomy Eyes, 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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The Midnight Walk
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.
Follow The Midnight Walk in a dark adventure from the minds behind Lost in Random. Befriend a lost lantern creature and light your way through a world of wonder and terror. Outsmart monsters and marvel at details in a landscape handcrafted with real clay and animated in a stop motion style.
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Out of Sight
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.
You’re Sophie, a young blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes. Escape your captors and uncover the evil history of the dark mansion you desperately seek to escape in this unique, atmospheric horror puzzle/adventure game.
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Planet of Lana II
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.
As greed and power divide the tribes of their home planet, Lana and her little companion, Mui, must stand together against the forces reshaping their world – struggling not just for survival, but for the soul of their home.
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The Last Case of John Morley
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
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Deer & Boy
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.
In this poetic cinematic platformer, a runaway boy meets a fawn. As their bond grows, so do their abilities and the emotional weight of their journey, where silence speaks louder than words.
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Tandem: A Tale of Shadows
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.
Tandem : A Tale of Shadows redefines the puzzle platformer genre with a unique gameplay and exceptional aesthetics. Help Emma and the teddy bear Fenton solve the mystery of the disappearance of the famous magician Thomas Kane.
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Bye Sweet Carole
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.
Bye Sweet Carole is a narrative-horror adventure game completely hand-drawn in the style of classic animated films. Follow the trail of missing Carole Simmons and uncover the dark secrets hidden behind her disappearance from Bunny Hall orphanage.
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LOVE ETERNAL
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.
Wander a castle built of bitter memories in LOVE ETERNAL, a psychological horror platformer with devious trials and an unsettling, experimental narrative. Find a way out - or live in Shelter forever more.
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Little Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
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Ayahuasca
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gloomy Eyes.
In the jungle at night, a journey awaits for you... are you ready to embrace the experience? Ayahuasca, the vine of the soul, and how to find your inner space.
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Gloomy Eyes VR
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Gloomy Eyes.
With the voice of Colin Farrell, Gloomy Eyes narrates the story of the sun who got tired of the humans and decided to hide and never rise again. Gloomy Eyes is an animated VR-series in 6DoF & 3D real-time.
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BATTLESCAR: Punk Was Invented By Girls
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gloomy Eyes.
Are you punk enough? Battlescar is a coming of age immersive film narrated by Rosario Dawson that takes place in a 1970's New York City. Join Lupe and Debbie, two runaways who's adventures in starting a punk rock band take them to places they never expected.
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Madrid Noir
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gloomy Eyes.
Madrid Noir is a 45 minutes mystery adventure that unfolds across two acts in this VR film. With her uncle declared dead, a disenchanted young woman must delve into her memories to pick up his shadowy trail. Solving the puzzles of the past ain't gonna be easy!
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Missing Pictures : Abel Ferrara
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gloomy Eyes.
For every movie made, dozens of pictures remain missing forever. The VR documentary experience MISSING PICTURES: Abel Ferrara gives the director a chance to tell the story that would otherwise never be told.
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Missing Pictures : Naomi Kawase
Single-player alternative to Gloomy Eyes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gloomy Eyes.
For every movie made, dozens of pictures remain missing forever. In the VR documentary experience MISSING PICTURES: Naomi Kawase, the famous Japanese filmmaker tells a love story, involving a bicycle road trip and self-acceptance, a project she ended up abandoning.