Single-player games like VERTIGROWL
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to VERTIGROWL, 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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Graveyard Keeper 2
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with VERTIGROWL.
The most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim is back! Restore The Town, manage the graveyard, automate production, lead your undead army into battle and turn the zombie problem into a thriving business! Graveyard Keeper 2 is the grotesque sequel that's deeper than six feet, and more unhinged than ever!
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My Name is Mayo 3
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with VERTIGROWL.
Get ready to have your intellect enriched, your emotions manipulated and your mayonnaise expanded; as you unveil the stories and learn from mistakes. Our lives are too short not to be enhanced with meaningful stories like this one!
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Slayaway Camp 2
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with VERTIGROWL.
Take control of masked maniac Skullface in the goretastic sequel to the most violentest award winning Overwhelmingly Positive puzzle game ever made! This darkly hilarious puzzle game tribute to classic horror movies that puts the laughter in slaughter.
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A Chamber of Stars
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VERTIGROWL.
The rise and fall of a rock n' roll star.
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Cruelty Squad
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with VERTIGROWL.
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
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Lab Rat
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VERTIGROWL.
A metrics-obsessed AI will monitor, profile, and entertain you as you progress through over a hundred genre-bending puzzles in this delightfully satirical adventure.
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WTF Do You Know?
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with VERTIGROWL.
We just have one question for you... "WTF Do You Know?" I think it might be time for us to find out...
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Afterparty
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VERTIGROWL.
In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.
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6 Feet Behind
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VERTIGROWL.
Your pursuer is your only weapon.
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Me and my eldritch parasite
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VERTIGROWL.
You have an eldritch parasite. It sucks. Find a way to get rid of it while meeting its demands in this strage mix between sidescrolling horror, virtual pet and sarcasm.
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Siphonopolis
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VERTIGROWL.
Enter a surreal, rotting, underwater world. Chat with some creatures. Murder a lot more. Find the heart.
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DETUNED
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with VERTIGROWL.
An eerie anti-rhythm hiden-object roguelike. Avoid a procedurally generated song. Look for pearls in a surreal wonderland. Experience hyperacusis from the comfort of your seat.
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Pseudo-Haunting
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fend off spirits by ripping your spirit off your body. Explore a glitched haunted house. Recall twisted memories. Get out alive.
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Until It’s Undone: Unmastered
Single-player alternative to VERTIGROWL — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A forgotten oldie returns with a full makeover. Control some lost idiot by typing commands. Unmake puzzles to progress. Bump into several lovely weirdos along the way. Discover a wonderland of disturbing nonsense and industrial amounts of sarcasm.