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Single-player games like Daemonologie

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Daemonologie, 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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    Blood On The Thames — Steam game cover

    Blood On The Thames

    Single-player alternative to Daemonologie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daemonologie.

    A murder mystery puzzle game with visual novel elements in a Gothic, Lovecraftian world. Collect clues, solve puzzles, interrogate suspects, and uncover the mystery surrounding the death of Mini’s husband.

    2024IndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    49 Keys — Steam game cover

    49 Keys

    Single-player alternative to Daemonologie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daemonologie.

    It all began when you opened that letter. Penned by your late master, it details how you are now heir to his mysterious legacy. You set off for the island on which he'd spent his final years... and so a truly unsettling journey begins, a journey into the deepest secrets of magic and the occult.

    2024IndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    KUON YUU'S Case Files: Episode 1 – Nobunaga — Steam game cover

    KUON YUU'S Case Files: Episode 1 – Nobunaga

    Single-player alternative to Daemonologie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daemonologie.

    A quiet piano guides players through a Japanese-style mystery adventure centered on memories and the lingering regrets of Oda Nobunaga. Players explore a mysterious world, uncover hidden truths, and piece together a forgotten trust.

    2026IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    House of Petals — Steam game cover

    House of Petals

    Single-player alternative to Daemonologie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daemonologie.

    A romance psychological thriller visual novel with point-and-click investigation, set in ancient Asia. Investigate your past, make deductions from clues, uncover chilling secrets, and survive a dangerously obsessive love. Perfect for fans of yanderes and the mystery genre.

    StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Graven — Steam game cover

    Graven

    Single-player alternative to Daemonologie — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    A Frankenstein-inspired Gothic RPG. You’re an eccentric physician’s apprentice whose unique skills (and shortcomings) shape every conversation. Explore the city, follow leads, and find your missing mentor and the man you helped raise from the dead. Save them, condemn them, or alter death itself.

    2026RPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HESPERID — Steam game cover

    HESPERID

    Single-player alternative to Daemonologie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daemonologie.

    Can you really trust what Hector tells you? Fulfill the wishes of the cursed, perform spells that alter fate, and decide for yourself whether the stories you hear ever happened at all.

    IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Possession 1881 — Steam game cover

    Possession 1881

    Single-player alternative to Daemonologie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daemonologie.

    Demon sigils. Talking dolls. Delve into the dark world of Possession 1881, a point and click puzzle adventure. A game about intellect, art, and the occult in the Victorian Era. Science, history, and art all inspired numerous unique puzzles that will dare your mind to find new connections.

    2020IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Draugen — Steam game cover

    Draugen

    Single-player alternative to Daemonologie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daemonologie.

    Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.

    2019IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Steam game cover

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    Single-player alternative to Daemonologie — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.

    2015RPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Witch — Steam game cover

    The Witch

    Single-player alternative to Daemonologie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Daemonologie.

    The Witch is a first-person indie game in the genre of adventure with elements of horror. In it you are a journalist who has to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the inhabitants of the village of Hoer Verde.

    2024Adventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elysium — Steam game cover

    Elysium

    Single-player alternative to Daemonologie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daemonologie.

    Sebastian is a janitor in a nursing home, but in a world of drugs and mysteries, his reality unravels. Under Dr. Malverick's watch, his ordinary life twists into strange experiments, missing patients, and inner turmoil. What is real?

    2025IndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead Format — Steam game cover

    Dead Format

    Single-player alternative to Daemonologie — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Dead Format is a survival horror game set in iconic film eras. It's 1990s Scotland, and your brother has gone missing after becoming obsessed with a mysterious new VHS format. Follow his trail through the tapes and uncover why the government wants to ban "Video Ghastlies".

    2025Action16.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →