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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 — Steam game cover

    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!

    2026AdventureSimulationRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    My Name is Mayo 3 — Steam game cover

    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!

    2022AdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slayaway Camp 2 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Chamber of Stars — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cruelty Squad — Steam game cover

    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

    2021ActionIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lab Rat — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025Indie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    WTF Do You Know? — Steam game cover

    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...

    2022IndieSimulationRPG1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Afterparty — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    6 Feet Behind — Steam game cover

    6 Feet Behind

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

    Your pursuer is your only weapon.

    2021ActionIndieFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Me and my eldritch parasite — Steam game cover

    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.

    2022IndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Siphonopolis — Steam game cover

    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.

    2022ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DETUNED — Steam game cover

    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.

    2023IndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pseudo-Haunting — Steam game cover

    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.

    2024Adventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Until It’s Undone: Unmastered — Steam game cover

    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.

    2024Adventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →