Single-player games like The Contact
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Contact, 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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5番線おじさん救出編 Platform 5 Dungeons
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Contact.
The long-awaited sequel to Japan’s hit “Nibansen” is here! This new rescue-horror in the “Bansen Series” goes beyond anomaly hunting. Enter massive Senjuku Station (千宿), full of oddities, and save the stranded old man. Now the truth of “Nibansen,” “Sanbansen,” and “Platform 4” is revealed…
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SEAPORT MAN
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Contact.
SEAPORT MAN is a short horror game where the protagonist, having escaped from a sunken ship, wanders the sea.
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18th Floor
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Contact.
You are trapped in a virtual abandoned building created by hackers. Find the escape password, or find the real exit.
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holo8
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Contact.
Escape from the looping office. Observe the office carefully and look for any anomaly to reach the main entrance.
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Lonely Christmas
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Contact.
It’s a story about an 8-year-old boy Kevin who was left alone at home at Christmas. Protect your house from a crazy robber and wait for your parents. Can you handle with it? We’ll find out.
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Backmooms
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Contact.
You’ve wandered into a strange dimension while shopping.A mysterious monster is chasing you.You must escape."Backmooms" is a first-person adventure game.
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What Happened to Lily?
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Contact.
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.
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Bombing!!: A Graffiti Sandbox
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Contact.
Bombing!! is a creative graffiti sandbox where every inch of the environment can be painted.
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傀儡の宿 - Kairai Inn -
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Contact.
A score-attack action game where you aim for high scores by subduing dangerous "kairai."
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傀儡禁域
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
不気味なフロアを探索し、おぞましい異形からの生存を目指すアクションホラー
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CORPSE58
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Contact.
"CORPSE-58" is a slow-motion bullet hell shooting game by UnderDoor. Players become human weapons created through clone and genetic engineering technologies, tasked with destroying former allies turned into 'corpses'.
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Fallen Depths
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Contact.
"Explore a building that has become a den of monsters and recover crucial documents." Fallen Depths is a roguelike action horror game where you navigate procedurally generated maps and aim to reach the top floor. Use logical strategies to overcome grotesque monsters.
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PARALLEL RIFT
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Contact.
Parallel Rift is a four-dimensional puzzle game where you navigate through interconnected spaces along the W-axis to reach the goal. Experience an unseen direction in this casual first-person puzzle adventure.
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飢界
Single-player alternative to The Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Contact.
『飢界』は不気味な異界を探索し、脱出を目指すホラーゲーム。異界の住人に食べられてはいけません...。