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Single-player games like Grunn

Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Grunn, 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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    MOTHERWARD — Steam game cover

    MOTHERWARD

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

    You are a young girl searching a hospital for your mother. Remember what you see. When in doubt, take a second look. If everything is as expected, use the upstairs route. If anything is unexpected, use the downstairs route.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Late Checkout — Steam game cover

    Late Checkout

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

    A short atmospheric horror about a night shift at a snowed-in motel. Winter 1999: a highway cut off from the world and a list of chores. Clean the rooms, drink your coffee, cross off line after line. But when the lights go out, ordinary work becomes survival. Just a flashlight, a cat and 3 endings.

    IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Eyes Wide Open — Steam game cover

    Eyes Wide Open

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

    Work for a dystopian Inspection Bureau, Determine whether the subjects are humans or not, Uncover secrets, Endure psychological horrors and reach your work quota - or else.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Night Shift Motel — Steam game cover

    Night Shift Motel

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

    Night Shift Motel is a first-person psychological horror and motel management game. Welcome guests, listen to their stories, inspect suspicious details, assign rooms, monitor CCTV, report anomalies, repair the motel, and decide who you can trust before night turns deadly.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stay with Me! Alien Abduction Story — Steam game cover

    Stay with Me! Alien Abduction Story

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

    In 1999, a young woman disappears in a nearby forest. Her whereabouts remain unknown to this day. The only trace of her is a VHS recording. Relive the last hours of her in an adventure of psychological terror, the decisions we make can have different results

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Last Seen — Steam game cover

    Last Seen

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

    Reopen your late father's phone repair shop to survive. But every device holds someone's secrets — and the deeper you dig, the closer you get to the sister who vanished. Repair. Extract. Investigate. The truth has a price, and so does staying clean.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator — Steam game cover

    Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator

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

    From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Strange Horticulture — Steam game cover

    Strange Horticulture

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

    Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outer Wilds — Steam game cover

    Outer Wilds

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

    Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

    2020ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stacklands — Steam game cover

    Stacklands

    Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Grunn.

    Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Simmiland — Steam game cover

    Simmiland

    Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Grunn.

    Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!

    2018IndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    pyramida — Steam game cover

    pyramida

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

    A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .

    2020StrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    clickyland — Steam game cover

    clickyland

    Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?

    2024Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    fishy — Steam game cover

    fishy

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

    A game about a hungry fish 🐟 Eat to grow bigger, but watch out for fishes bigger than you! Grow big, strong and explore! Can you escape the pond?

    2020ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    White Lavender — Steam game cover

    White Lavender

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

    A challenging adventure game with RPG-elements. Be a bug, fight other critters with swords and magic, collect powerful items such as pencils and teaspoons, meet cool characters, and up your fashion game on a journey to brew a special tea!

    2022IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Luckitown — Steam game cover

    Luckitown

    Single-player alternative to Grunn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Grunn.

    Luckitown is a turn-based tower defense where you roll dice to build new structures and cast spells to defend your town.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ollie & Bollie: Outdoor Estate — Steam game cover

    Ollie & Bollie: Outdoor Estate

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

    A cute sandbox game about restoring an estate. Work with your (real or AI) friend Bollie to cut trees, catch sheep, build a shed and more in this outdoor autumn sandbox game.

    2020IndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →