Single-player games like The motel
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The motel, 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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Late Shift
Single-player alternative to The motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The motel.
Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Single-player alternative to The motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The motel.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
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Loretta
Single-player alternative to The motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The motel.
Loretta is a psychological thriller that makes the player an accessory to the heroine’s crimes, leading her through a self-crafted nightmare. Loretta’s story revolves around a woman handling betrayal, her husband’s infidelity, and reclaiming her agency during the socially tumultuous 1940s.
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Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
Single-player alternative to The motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The motel.
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
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My Friendly Neighborhood
Single-player alternative to The motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The motel.
Something scary is happening with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show, The Friendly Neighborhood! Play as Gordon, a repairman sent to get to the bottom of this disturbing dilemma. Fend off puppets and solve puzzles in this survival horror adventure.
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Grunn
Single-player alternative to The motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The motel.
A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them?
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INSIDE
Single-player alternative to The motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The motel.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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Her Story
Single-player alternative to The motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The motel.
A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
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BURIED BELOW
Single-player alternative to The motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The motel.
An old tape replays your worst memory. Tonight, you take control as it plays out. A camping trip. A storm. Your girlfriend, gone near an abandoned mine. Scour the forest for tools to breach the entrance, but something awaits you below. Can you survive and find her in the depths?