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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LiveScream
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rainman.
Armed with nothing but your curiosity, streaming equipment, and insatiable need to impress others, you approach a long-abandoned house in your small town. What could possibly go wrong?
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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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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rainman.
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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Love Love Mystery Club
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Rainman.
In Love Love Mystery Club, you’re the newest member of the Detective Club at a seemingly ordinary high school. Through Full Motion Video (FMV) storytelling, your choices steer the narrative—will your heart find tenderness… or will hidden horrors emerge from the darkness?
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The Wreck
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rainman.
In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.
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Matsuro Palette
Single-player alternative to The Rainman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Rainman.
Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?
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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.