Single-player games like Carnival
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Carnival, 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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Abscission
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
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An English Haunting
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
While looking for the existence of the Great Beyond, Professor Patrick Moore, aided by a fake medium, will build a device to see the other side, embark on a search for a millenary artifact, and investigate the most haunted manor of 1907 England.
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The Dark Rites of Arkham
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.
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The Last Door - Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.
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ASYLUM
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
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Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
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Shadows of the Afterland
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
Madrid, 1960: A maid named Pilar dies. You arrive in the afterlife looking like Pilar but speaking as Carolina, a police officer from the future. Possess the living and cross between worlds to uncover the truth behind a soul split between two identities in this point-and-click adventure.
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Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
After an encounter with a dreadful horror, detective Lone Carter’s investigation leads him to fateful places as Innsmouth, Arkham and the Antarctic, investigating a series of deaths and mysteries. Play also as Abdul Alhazred and H.P. Lovecraft himself in this Lovecraftian point’n’click adventure.
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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow is a folk horror narrative-driven adventure. Explore the isolated moors of rural Victorian England as you uncover the mysteries of Hob's Barrow. The answers lie in the soil...
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Dark Turns
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
Dark Turns is a compilation of award winning short pixel art horror point & click games from Beyond Booleans, developer of Abscission and Carnival.