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Single-player games like Silent

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Silent, 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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    ZHITEN — Steam game cover

    ZHITEN

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

    Some villages aren't just abandoned, they are cursed. Zhiten, a victim of clashing cults, awakens from its slumber with Nikolay's return. While Nikolay searches for traces of the past, he will be forced to meet the village's new owners.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Ice Cream Shop — Steam game cover

    The Ice Cream Shop

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

    The Evil Presence is an immersive first-person psychological horror game. After moving into a new house, a man experiences supernatural occurrences and discovers the untold history of the residence.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chaperone — Steam game cover

    Chaperone

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

    Chaperone is a first-person psychological horror game. The events are completely real. Supernatural events taking place in an atmospheric and constricting closed house, events of unknown cause. You can enjoy being scared to the fullest.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  4. 4
    Grinnel — Steam game cover

    Grinnel

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

    If you stop, the light dies. If you turn, darkness takes over. As a patient trapped in Grinnel, escape this psychological horror nightmare with Dr. Esin. Use your visor in the atmospheric labyrinth and never look back; in this surreal thriller, your gaze is your worst enemy.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Short Stories Paranoia — Steam game cover

    Short Stories Paranoia

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

    How do you know, if something is real, or just in your mind? Are you really sure that you can distinguish imagination from reality? For the next couple of hours, listen, watch and be part of a story where imagination and reality intersect each other.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Horror Story: Hallowseed — Steam game cover

    Horror Story: Hallowseed

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

    Horror Story: Hallowseed is a story-driven psychological horror game. An obscure event causes two of your friends to disappear while you were camping in the woods. Left alone and stranded in an unknown place, you need to seek the answers about what happened, face the horror and find your friends.

    202119.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Y. Village - The Visitors — Steam game cover

    Y. Village - The Visitors

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

    Batu, tormented by nightmares, is lured to a nameless village via cryptic letters. Investigating the village's secrets with just one friend, he wakes one night to discover his ally gone. He must now locate his friend and elude the village's dark mysteries.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    iBLiS — Steam game cover

    iBLiS

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

    Demon is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy a realistic home environment and terrifying moments of being immersed in a real-life story.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anatomy of Fear — Steam game cover

    Anatomy of Fear

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

    ANATOMY OF FEAR; It is a survival, thriller, action and puzzle turn-based, multiplayer horror game that can be played with 1-4 people. Do your duty and escape before the mutated beings kill you as you embark on this adventure to reveal the dark side of the company!

    2022Indie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PARANECRO — Steam game cover

    PARANECRO

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

    Our character is a detective with a busy business life. But it has a bad history. He lost his wife and 1-month-old child in his womb in a traffic accident. That's why he's a bit of a psychiatrist. After losing his wife, he experienced strange events.

    2022ActionIndie1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →