Single-player games like Anomalum
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Anomalum, 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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Where the Walls Breathe
Single-player alternative to Anomalum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Anomalum.
Where the Walls Breathe is a first-person psychological horror experience with a strong focus on atmosphere and environmental storytelling.
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Whispering Fog
Single-player alternative to Anomalum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.
Whispering Fog is a first person psychological horror game set in an ever-changing forest shrouded in fog. A quiet getaway becomes a sinister nightmare as the illusion of safety and solitude slowly crumbles around you.
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BACKROOMS 0
Single-player alternative to Anomalum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.
Backrooms walking simulator. No entities lurk here, just the unnerving emptiness and dream-like isolation of the infinite maze. Feel mounting dread and strange nostalgia as you wander deeper into liminal spaces with your VHS camera.
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Coma Dreams
Single-player alternative to Anomalum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.
Guide a wounded Marine through a nightmare born of his own coma, facing the horrors of war, scarce ammunition, puzzles, and dark labyrinths. Evade a colossal, relentless pursuer, overcome manifestations of his deepest psychological traumas at every stage, and help him wake up and return to reality.
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What Happened to Lily?
Single-player alternative to Anomalum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
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Box of Broken Nails
Single-player alternative to Anomalum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.
First-person psychological horror about ignorance and attempts. Protect yourself as a lone carpenter, hastily look for materials in your house to board up a door that shouldn’t exist. At any cost.
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His Last Film
Single-player alternative to Anomalum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.
What happened during the filming? Stan doesn't remember. Explore the decaying depths of an abandoned subway station, piece together a fragmented reality, and discover the horrifying truth behind his last film. Some memories are better left unmade.
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Backrooms: Into the Hole
Single-player alternative to Anomalum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.
Discover an in-between space inspired by the Backrooms series. Make your way forward by jumping into holes, find alternative paths, and survive in this labyrinthine dimension. Play solo or in co-op mode and choose your path to the exit… if there is one.
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Aerocore
Single-player alternative to Anomalum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.
Aerocore is a liminal walking simulator about the future they promised you and never arrived. Explore the corporation's simulation environments in this atmospheric experience. Alter the architecture by solving puzzles in impossible spaces and lose yourself in nostalgic aesthetics.
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Hotel 188
Single-player alternative to Anomalum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.
Dive into a realistic experience of the Backrooms, without jumpscares, getting lost in impossible spaces and feeling like something is watching you. The uncertainty of not knowing where you're going will make you want to quit… Will you be able to make it to the end?
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CORRUPTIA: The Last Minute
Single-player alternative to Anomalum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Anomalum.
In this first-person escape puzzle, you are a corrupt official trapped in a 60-second time loop. Explore a surreal laundromat, solve frantic puzzles, and uncover the secrets of your own corruption to find the exit. Every minute is a new chance.
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FailRooms
Single-player alternative to Anomalum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anomalum.
Failrooms is a first-person exploration game that parodies liminal spaces. Delve into photorealistic environments where the terror of the unknown collides with the most incompetent architecture imaginable. Can you survive this dimensional prank without losing your mind?