Single-player games like Pollen
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Pollen, 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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Bad Santa
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollen.
Solve puzzles and collect presents all while avoiding the big bad santa. Also watch out for whatever lurks in the basement.
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Temple of Horror
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollen.
Escape the dangerous beings lurking in the dark, dodge countless deadly traps and slowly unruffle the secret of the Temple of Horror while not just trying to survive but to find your way out of this hell. Are you ready?
- 3
Barbotine
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollen.
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
- 4
Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pollen.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
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The Escape: Together
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollen.
The Escape: Together is a 1-3 player Online CO-OP escape horror. The paranormal creature has taken over the house. You must use everything you find to survive and make your runaway.
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Betrayer
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollen.
Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the 17th century.The year is 1604. You sailed from England expecting to join a struggling colony on the coast of Virginia. Instead, you find only ghosts and mysteries. What catastrophe blighted the land and drained it of color and life?
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollen.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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Night Grove
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pollen.
This is a first-person indie horror game. A young deliveryman took an unusual order that led him to Night Grove. This place has a dubious reputation among the townspeople, because for many years it has been sent to live with people that society has long since abandoned.
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Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages.
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The original 90's Myst style Adventure Game featuring pre rendered graphics, intricate puzzle solving and step through exploration, exactly as it was first released in 1996 but with the post launch patches added. 'Extras' include the original pitch document, pre production art and loads more.