Single-player games like Carnival
Below are 12 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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The Whisperer
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
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Headliner: NoviNews
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Raid on Taihoku
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
Raid On Taihoku is an adventure game with the backdrop of WW2 Taiwan. By controlling the characters pass through different danger and safe zones, you will experience the struggles of human nature and cruelty of war.
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Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.
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Transient: Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
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The Sinking City Remastered
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Sinking City Remastered brings the eerie, atmospheric world of Oakmont back to life with enhanced gameplay and fully relit environments, perfect for both newcomers and returning players.
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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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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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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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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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The Door
Single-player alternative to Carnival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Carnival.
The Door is a first-person horror adventure game. To escape from a dream, the protagonist must confront his past and continue moving forward. What lies beyond the red door? And what truth is hidden within the protagonist’s past?