Single-player games like Norbert's Diary
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Norbert's Diary, 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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BIT LOST
Single-player alternative to Norbert's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Norbert's Diary.
Bit Lost is a single-player atmospheric first-person game set inside a broken digital space. Explore fragments of consciousness to uncover what happened and find a way out. +You can now explore Bit Lost in a special split-screen co-op mode.
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Midnight Kebab
Single-player alternative to Norbert's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Norbert's Diary.
You run a late-night restaurant using a strange signal machine. By balancing radiation, you alter taste and behavior. Too little reveals the truth. Too much causes sickness, violence, and investigations. Keep control to survive.
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Protocol Five
Single-player alternative to Norbert's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Norbert's Diary.
Protocol Filve is a surreal first-person adventure with multiple endings, you will find yourself in a world where some rotten things want to kill you. Some choices along the way drastically and irreversibly change the game, leading to one of the 5 possible endings.
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Backrooms 95
Single-player alternative to Norbert's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Norbert's Diary.
Explore eerie liminal spaces in a low-poly Backrooms horror experience inspired by the aesthetics of forgotten 90s technology.
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The Horrorscope
Single-player alternative to Norbert's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Norbert's Diary.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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Silent Nights
Single-player alternative to Norbert's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Norbert's Diary.
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
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At Tony's
Single-player alternative to Norbert's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Norbert's Diary.
At Tony's is a first-person horror experience taking place in a haunted pizzeria. The last night shift worker vanished mysteriously, it's your turn to step in to help the family's business.
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KinitoPET
Single-player alternative to Norbert's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Norbert's Diary.
KinitoPET is a psychological horror experience that takes place through Kinito, an early 2000s virtual assistant. Kinito is able to walk, talk, browse, adapt, and play games as Kinito is like no other with its adaptive technology!