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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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".