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Single-player games like The Crimson Maid

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Crimson Maid, 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 Vaults Below Durn: A Field Study — Steam game cover

    The Vaults Below Durn: A Field Study

    Single-player alternative to The Crimson Maid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crimson Maid.

    Three Doors. One Safe Path. Observe the signs, learn the patterns, and uncover the fate of the explorer who ventured before you.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Signifier Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    The Signifier Director's Cut

    Single-player alternative to The Crimson Maid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crimson Maid.

    This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bohemian Killing — Steam game cover

    Bohemian Killing

    Single-player alternative to The Crimson Maid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crimson Maid.

    Paris, 1894. Class differences and pervasive racism finally lead to a tragedy. A year later you find yourself on trial, accused of a brutal murder. How far will you go to exonerate yourself? Will you lie? Manipulate the evidence? Frame others? Act insane? Confess? Your imagination is the limit.

    2016IndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mind Diver — Steam game cover

    Mind Diver

    Single-player alternative to The Crimson Maid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crimson Maid.

    Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.

    2025IndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Luto — Steam game cover

    Luto

    Single-player alternative to The Crimson Maid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crimson Maid.

    Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter — Steam game cover

    Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

    Single-player alternative to The Crimson Maid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Crimson Maid.

    Experience a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration in a breath-taking thriller that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Play as the great detective and track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul…

    2016ActionAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    What Happened to Lily? — Steam game cover

    What Happened to Lily?

    Single-player alternative to The Crimson Maid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crimson Maid.

    What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Wellmonts Case — Steam game cover

    The Wellmonts Case

    Single-player alternative to The Crimson Maid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Crimson Maid.

    The Wellmonts Case is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1993, Northern Maine. As a private detective, you explore the abandoned Wellmont farm, search for clues, photograph unsettling evidence, and uncover the truth behind a family's unexplained disappearance.

    2026Adventure7.19 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Last Days of Lazarus — Steam game cover

    Last Days of Lazarus

    Single-player alternative to The Crimson Maid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crimson Maid.

    After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.

    2022IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    The Adventures of Elena Temple: Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to The Crimson Maid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crimson Maid.

    Ever miss being a child, playing games at your grandma's or in your old bedroom? Look no further! Play The Adventures of Elena Temple, the classic you never knew existed, on old machines that kind of sort of maybe existed. It's not like you can remember for sure, right?

    2018IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale — Steam game cover

    Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale

    Single-player alternative to The Crimson Maid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Crimson Maid.

    Long Ago: A Puzzle Tale is a relaxing puzzle game with colorful visuals, beautiful music and a fully voiced modern fairy tale told in rhyme. Solve intuitive puzzles, collect feathers, gems and coins, discover new mechanics as you progress and enjoy the unique themes each chapter unlocks.

    2021IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Fall of Elena Temple — Steam game cover

    The Fall of Elena Temple

    Single-player alternative to The Crimson Maid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Crimson Maid.

    Fall from a ledge, collect the coins below, then undo back to where you fell from, with the coins in your pocket! An old-school puzzle platformer in which you explore rooms, avoid perils and collect all coins to progress. Missed some coins? Fall, collect, undo! Falling into some spikes? Undo!!

    2024IndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →