Single-player games like Backward poiesis
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Backward poiesis, 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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Paranormal Footages : Supervisor
Single-player alternative to Backward poiesis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
Ethan Cole takes on a temporary night shift at the "Ravenhill" warehouse. What begins as a routine package sorting gradually turns into something far more disturbing. Before long, Ethan realizes that some shipments were never meant to be delivered.
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Clink
Single-player alternative to Backward poiesis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
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Chorus of Carcosa
Single-player alternative to Backward poiesis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
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The Survey
Single-player alternative to Backward poiesis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
In the end, everybody gets what they deserve. The sins of the past always manifest within the minds of the sinners. An eternity of suffering awaits, welcome to The Survey.
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Fuck You Witch
Single-player alternative to Backward poiesis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
Your best friend has confessed her love for you... but the problems don't stop there. You've started to hallucinate. All this interferes with sleeping and eating, and in general disrupts your ideal lifestyle. Yell obscenities at the witch, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Qazaq steppes
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Visage
Single-player alternative to Backward poiesis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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CALLUS
Single-player alternative to Backward poiesis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
Callus is a short psychological horror (~30 minutes) in the walking simulator genre, featuring jump scares and themes of cruelty and overprotection. It was released as a transitional project between larger releases, with an intentionally simple story and concise gameplay.
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Silent Still 2
Single-player alternative to Backward poiesis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backward poiesis.
Silent Still 2 is a first-person psychological horror that traps you in the paralyzing nightmare of sleep paralysis. Helpless and unable to escape, you’ll face unspeakable entities that watch, whisper, and move when you can’t. Blurring the line between waking and something far worse
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Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda
Single-player alternative to Backward poiesis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backward poiesis.
Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.
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All Alone
Single-player alternative to Backward poiesis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backward poiesis.
A missing father, a mysterious murder, paintings depicting missing children. A Short horror game in which the protagonist, who has lost his memory, is forced to get to a horrific truth. Who in the world are you?