Single-player games like Portrait of a Torn
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Portrait of a Torn, 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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Back Then
Single-player alternative to Portrait of a Torn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portrait of a Torn.
Back Then is a first-person narrative game taking place in the mind of Thomas Eilian, an elderly writer diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
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Luto
Single-player alternative to Portrait of a Torn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portrait of a Torn.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Portrait of a Torn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portrait of a Torn.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Single-player alternative to Portrait of a Torn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portrait of a Torn.
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
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Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game
Single-player alternative to Portrait of a Torn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portrait of a Torn.
Hitchhiker is a mystery game set along lost highways, where your goal is to solve the puzzle of your own backstory.
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Home is Where One Starts...
Single-player alternative to Portrait of a Torn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portrait of a Torn.
Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
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Into A Dream
Single-player alternative to Portrait of a Torn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portrait of a Torn.
You are his last hope. The only one who can rescue him. Delve deep into the dreams of Luke Williams, a man diagnosed with depression, unfold the heartbreaking story of his life and prevent him from... fading away.
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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to Portrait of a Torn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portrait of a Torn.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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The Last Case of John Morley
Single-player alternative to Portrait of a Torn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portrait of a Torn.
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
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Seven Doors
Single-player alternative to Portrait of a Torn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portrait of a Torn.
Solve challenging puzzles and experience seven different atmospheres. Each one is unique, special and surprising and will test your mind and awaken your wits. Stay alive until you reach the last door, but beware, as some doors could lead to your demise.
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Charon's Staircase
Single-player alternative to Portrait of a Torn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Portrait of a Torn.
In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out?