Single-player games like Alcatraz
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Alcatraz, 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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Village
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alcatraz.
A young boy has come to a distant village to visit his grandmother. Arriving at the final station, in some wilderness, we find newspaper clippings on the platform. This is where our tangled story begins.
- 2
Nafanya the Poltergeist
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alcatraz.
A game about a house spirit - Houseboy. With the name Nafanya. The player will have to get out of a multi-unit Soviet house, which is run by the Domovoi. To find the way out, you will have to solve riddles from the spirit, and maybe even make friends with him.
- 3
Detective Gman
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alcatraz.
Detective simulation. Top down open world exploration.
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The Remnants
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Alcatraz.
You, a supernatural detective, are sent to investigate Hawthorne Residences on the Cunningham property. Something isn’t right. Observe carefully, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth before the building begins to distort around you.
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Horror Scenarios: The Redwood Estate
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alcatraz.
Investigate the Redwood Estate as officers Tim Rieff and Kim Hansbury in this classic top-down survival horror game. Face terrifying creatures, manage scarce resources, and uncover the dark secrets behind the mysterious events that took place within the estate.
- 6
Central Killing Agency
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
In this 2d pixel art game, it's 1953 and you're playing as an agent hired by the Central Killing Agency to kill Fred Olsen. Experience multiple endings in this short, narrative-driven adventure.
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Bob BOBBED Bob...
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alcatraz.
Famous podcaster, Bob's missing. Sheriff Bob can scour the Old Bobalachins to crack the case w/ “Sheriff-Sense” to uncover clues like an easter egg hunt. Based on a Markiplier, Wade & Bob Distractible ep.. Firewatch-like mystery in Skyrimish mountains, some may play for hours & for less than a hour
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Santo Island Incident
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
MYSTERY - EXPLORING - PUZZLE - Overgrowth took over the whole Santo Island and facility as a result of an unknown incident. Your mission is to find out the source of the incident and solve what's happened at Santo Island.
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August Walk
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
The game has three story branches: normal, realistic, and mystical walk. In the normal branch you can just walk around the summer city, the forest and the spring.
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Sandbox
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
The goal of the game is to collect 22 bills. To collect them, you need to press the "play" button and move to the sandbox level.
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Carnival in the hut
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Alcatraz.
There are ingredients on the level that you have to drag into the pot. Drag into the pot: eggs, oil, water in a bucket, flour in a bag, and dough (on water). (The name of the items is shown in the lower left corner.)
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Keepers
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Alcatraz.
Keepers is a space-themed clicker game. You are an employee of a center tasked with saving a planet - a typical light-year.
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Memory Patches
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
A visual short novel about a girl who wakes up in an empty apartment and tries to figure out what happened. In front of her are four boxes filled with different items from her past. Touching them, she recalls pieces of memories, but one of the items is cursed.
- 14
Stellario
Single-player alternative to Alcatraz — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alcatraz.
In a large star field, the Spirit flies around and absorbs stars to build up mass and take on a different appearance. But you have to be careful on the journey - there are black holes scattered around the field, and also spaceships flying at unthinkable speeds.