Single-player games like Staring Time
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Staring Time, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Staring Time page.
Ranked picks
- 1
BACKROOMS: PRIMAL
Single-player alternative to Staring Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Staring Time.
The infinite yellow complex was created to secretly contain prehistoric specimens whose existence must never reach the public. Trapped in this glitching yellow maze with no confirmed boundary, you must evade uncontained prehistoric predators and find a way out before reality collapses around you.
- 2
Marginalia
Single-player alternative to Staring Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Staring Time.
Marginalia is a first-person horror game that transports you to Kestlebrook, a secluded valley where history becomes enmeshed with a strange present. Weeks ago Eric left. Days ago you got a letter telling you to come to him. Now you're here, but precisely where is here? And better yet, when?
- 3
The Shadow Over Route 80
Single-player alternative to Staring Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Staring Time.
Alone at night, working at a petrol station deep in the American wheat belt. Something feels off... are you sure you're alone? A short 10-15 minute horror game with multiple endings.
- 4
Insomnia
Single-player alternative to Staring Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Staring Time.
Experience one night as a man diagnosed with a strange and incurable form of insomnia. Your only goal is to sleep until dawn, but after the lines between your nightmares and your waking life are blurred… you might not want to sleep afterall.
- 5
Deadly Rehearsal
Single-player alternative to Staring Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Staring Time.
The rehearsal must be flawless. Every sound, every light timed perfectly. You are one of the best stage manager's after all. Failure is not an option. The play is cursed... and it demands perfection.
- 6
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
Single-player alternative to Staring Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Staring Time.
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.
- 7
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Staring Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Staring Time.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
- 8
Gray Dawn
Single-player alternative to Staring Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Staring Time.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.