Single-player games like Valley of Shadows
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Valley of Shadows, 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
- 1
Late Night with Ken Hayes
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadows.
Host the graveyard shift at a small-town radio station in 1998. Callers keep describing the same pale man—and every time someone talks about him on air, he seems to get closer.
- 2
Mr. Zippy is Watching
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadows.
You shouldn't be awake. After watching a late-night show about urban legends, paranoia takes hold: has your favorite toy, Mr. Zippy, come to life? Explore the house and survive this tense narrative-driven mascot horror experience featuring puzzle mechanics.
- 3
The Guest from the Fields
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadows.
Something is standing in the wheat. Each time you see it, it's closer — and it isn't human. Your grandmother says you shouldn't have looked at it.
- 4
Forest 6174
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadows.
A brief narrative-driven psychological horror experience in first person (no jumpscares, story and dialogue-focused). You play as Danny, who is unexpectedly summoned to receive a break from his daily routine... However, things start to look out of place once you get deeper into the forest.
- 5
Snowsquall Grip
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadows.
Escape the snowy nightmare or be trapped forever — your call.
- 6
NIGHTSLINK
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadows.
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
- 7
The Strange Lights
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadows.
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
- 8
In My Head
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadows.
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
- 9
Hotel Overloop
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadows.
You’ve stucked into a loop in the mysterious hotel. Find anomalies to escape the hotel’s loop.
- 10
Light in the woods
Single-player alternative to Valley of Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valley of Shadows.
A horror escape room. Trapped by a demonic entity in an old house, solve puzzles in each room before the candles go out.