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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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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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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Bleak Faith: Forsaken
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollen.
Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollen.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollen.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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Mundaun
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollen.
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
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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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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Pollen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pollen.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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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.