Single-player games like The Rainman
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Rainman, 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 Night Of The Inquisitor
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rainman.
A VHS/PS1 Survival Horror Experience! Play as Emilia, a young woman cursed by an ancient rosary, transported into the Realm of the Inquisitor, a surreal dimension filled with the ghosts victims of the Inquisitor himself. Solve puzzles, free ghosts, and escape the Inquisitor!
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CORPSE FACTORY
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rainman.
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rainman.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rainman.
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
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Night Book
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Rainman.
Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.
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风起长安：驭骨人
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rainman.
This is a Chinese style otome game！
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TOUQI
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rainman.
《頭七》（头七怪谈）是一款中式民俗恐怖解谜游戏。作为刚入职西封杂志社的成员，你需要根据主编的要求，整合“頭七”论坛中民间灵异故事贴之间的关联，并在必要时与同伴实地探索，以揭开帖子后隐藏的秘密。
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当火车鸣笛三秒
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rainman.
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The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Rainman.
He is back. Once again take control of mass serial killer John Wade. Six years later, the infamous Pale Grin resurrects from the grave to terrorize the broken town of Happyhills. This time he has more on his mind than simple killing.