Single-player games like The Witches Pond
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Witches Pond, 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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ASYLUM
Single-player alternative to The Witches Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Witches Pond.
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
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Goetia
Single-player alternative to The Witches Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Witches Pond.
Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.
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The Path
Single-player alternative to The Witches Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Witches Pond.
There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.
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Alisa
Single-player alternative to The Witches Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Witches Pond.
Alisa is a Horror-themed Action Adventure game and a genuine throwback to the golden age of 90s 3D games.
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ANIMAL WELL
Single-player alternative to The Witches Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Witches Pond.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to The Witches Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Witches Pond.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Single-player alternative to The Witches Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Witches Pond.
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to The Witches Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Witches Pond.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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Left By Angels
Single-player alternative to The Witches Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Witches Pond.
Based on the real Left By Angels Mansion! After your wife vanishes, a strange sighting draws you to an abandoned mansion. Trapped inside, haunted by the past, and hunted by truth, you must survive a looping nightmare where light is your only ally. She’s here—and she remembers everything.
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Magurele Mystery
Single-player alternative to The Witches Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Witches Pond.
A military mission in Romania has gone wrong when a mysterious beast attacks. Beat your fear and go on an adventure to find Virgu The Beast.
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Măgurele Mystery 2
Single-player alternative to The Witches Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Witches Pond.
After Captain Burcea's discovery from the previous game, the secret services started experimenting with what they found, but everything goes out of control and a virus is created by mistake... or was it? Peoples zombie-like starts wandering around and mutated creatures start killing.