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Single-player games like Wait: The Patient

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Wait: The Patient, 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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    Care — Steam game cover

    Care

    Single-player alternative to Wait: The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wait: The Patient.

    Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.

    2024IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Mind Apart — Steam game cover

    A Mind Apart

    Single-player alternative to Wait: The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wait: The Patient.

    A narrative puzzle adventure about a girl lost in a fragmented wonderland where memories become places and reality shifts without warning. Explore surreal spaces, meet strange companions, and uncover a personal story about trauma, healing, and finding a way forward.

    IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blood On The Thames — Steam game cover

    Blood On The Thames

    Single-player alternative to Wait: The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wait: The Patient.

    A murder mystery puzzle game with visual novel elements in a Gothic, Lovecraftian world. Collect clues, solve puzzles, interrogate suspects, and uncover the mystery surrounding the death of Mini’s husband.

    2024IndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fremdganger - The Cheating Demon — Steam game cover

    Fremdganger - The Cheating Demon

    Single-player alternative to Wait: The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wait: The Patient.

    In this twisted meta-game, you follow four friends on their cursed journey of love and betrayal, told through a long-forgotten Storyteller. Solve puzzles, make meaningful decisions, and unravel the mystery behind the Storyteller with the help of a reality-breaking RETURN-mechanic.

    2023IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Below, Rusted Gods — Steam game cover

    Below, Rusted Gods

    Single-player alternative to Wait: The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wait: The Patient.

    You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Tartarus Key — Steam game cover

    The Tartarus Key

    Single-player alternative to Wait: The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Wait: The Patient.

    There’s no way out for Alex Young who wakes up to find herself locked in a strange mansion filled with puzzles, traps, and cameras following her every move. Whether she and her companions live or die, and find the truth behind their abduction, is up to you in this first-person mystery thriller.

    2023Adventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    outside the door — Steam game cover

    outside the door

    Single-player alternative to Wait: The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Wait: The Patient.

    Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.

    2024IndieCasual1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Saint Kotar — Steam game cover

    Saint Kotar

    Single-player alternative to Wait: The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wait: The Patient.

    Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.

    2021IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wait - Extended — Steam game cover

    Wait - Extended

    Single-player alternative to Wait: The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wait: The Patient.

    "Wait" is a mystery horror game, inspired by the works of H.P Lovecraft and the Silent Hill series. The gameplay is put together by elements of exploration and riddle solving. Experience horror without jump scares or fighting monsters, but with the fear of the unknown and unimaginable.

    2015IndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →