Single-player games like The Curse of Elmwood
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Curse of Elmwood, 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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Madness on Display
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of Elmwood.
Venture into the world of chilling psychological horror, where the line between reality and nightmare is thinner than a spider's web. Grandview is not just a game, it is a test for your nerves and mind.
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What Happened to Lily?
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of Elmwood.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
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Cauldron Inn
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of Elmwood.
Trying to save yourselfe from something unknown but clearly malevolent, you hide in a mysterious inn. However, your temporary refuge turns out to be a trap, and now you must find a way to escape.
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Shadow of the School
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of Elmwood.
The player finds himself in an abandoned school, which was once a place of study for local schoolchildren. The protagonist is a paranormal researcher who came here to solve the mystery that shrouds this gloomy location.
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Through The Backrooms
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of Elmwood.
You as Ethan, a robber who wants to end his criminal past. Suddenly you fall in the Backrooms and now you have to solve the mystery of the liminal rooms to find a way out. But you are not alone here...
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Unable to Exit 8
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of Elmwood.
You receive an invitation on a "special" dating app, get excited and then get involved in an endless cycle of couples' hotels. You have to watch carefully for any unusual information. Can you solve these puzzles?
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Quod: Episode 1
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of Elmwood.
"Quod" unfolds in a 1930s Texas prison. The main character must escape and uncover the truth. Brace yourself for eerie occurrences and solve intricate puzzles to unveil the terrifying secrets of this place.
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The Gretlow Tapes
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of Elmwood.
Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.
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The Guard
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of Elmwood.
You are on the night shift at the mall. While you were taking your post, your partner went missing. All the time you hear some kind of noise. You need to find out their origin and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms.
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The Witch's House
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Curse of Elmwood.
There is an old house on the edge of a small town. All the locals have always avoided it, as strange and mysterious events constantly happen there. This time, what happened in this house made the whole city shudder with fear.
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Ghost Village
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of Elmwood.
My grandmother was originally from the village, but after the environmental disaster that occurred 30 years ago near their settlement, she moved to our city and lived with us.
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Mission: Aliens
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Curse of Elmwood.
Sergeant, last night we received a signal that an unknown aircraft of extraterrestrial origin had crashed in the taiga. The locals assured us that at the crash site they observed five creatures very similar to humans, only with gray skin and large almond-shaped eyes.
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DrugRunner
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Drug Runner is a 3D game in which you have to run along the road and dodge obstacles, on the way collecting bonuses and coins that give you points. If you can jump over the barrier by pressing the "space bar".
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Battle Robots
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Curse of Elmwood.
Do you like fast games with the grinding of metal? Try to take part in fights with robots. Your task is to come out of the battle victorious, deftly inflicting crushing blows on your opponent. Upgrade your armor, and then head to the arena to fight. Start playing now!
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Sleep
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of Elmwood.
Nastya, she is 18 years old. Every day she draws images of the monsters that come to her and describes them. And every night, Nastya has a dream where she fights her monsters. And with each dream, you have to get out of the dream.
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307 Racing
Single-player alternative to The Curse of Elmwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Curse of Elmwood.
Circuit racing is the common name for several types of car races, held on special tracks with hard surfaces. The main feature of such competitions is that the track has a closed form (ring).