Single-player games like The Parish
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Parish, 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
Single-player alternative to The Parish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Parish.
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.
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The Sleeping Sickness
Single-player alternative to The Parish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Parish.
The Sleeping Sickness is an interactive short story that allows the player to guide the main character's actions. The player’s choices will lock and unlock future locations, change dialogue, and alter the story. Choices matter in The Sleeping Sickness. It is an excellent choice for horror fans.
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The Gray Man
Single-player alternative to The Parish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Parish.
The Gray Man is a surreal first-person point-and-click adventure about a serial killer who confronts the player, as the murderer's conscience, with interpretations of his internal conflict.
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Battery Farm
Single-player alternative to The Parish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Parish.
A grave robbery gone wrong sends you tumbling down an absurd rabbit hole.
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MY DAUGHTER IS A CULTIST! SE
Single-player alternative to The Parish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Parish.
YOU'RE JUST A NORMAL GUY TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP. YOU HEAR A BUMP IN THE NIGHT. WHAT WAS THAT? WHY IS YOUR DAUGHTER ACTING SO WEIRD? IS IT PARENTHOOD OR A HORRIBLE CURIOSITY THAT COMPELS YOU TO FIND OUT? A Short horror experience.
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Please Duology
Single-player alternative to The Parish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Parish.
A compilation of two slow-paced, cosmic horror walking simulators, to be completed in under an hour. Please makes you maintain a power station and ignore the noises from the main engine, while Please Follow has you explore the trenches of a losing war, exposing your mind to visions of another world.
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请神
Single-player alternative to The Parish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Parish.
《请神》是一款中式民俗RPG。选择你的职业，自由分配技能，在多个独立模组中扮演不同身份的调查员。通过对话与检定直面中式恐怖和超自然恐怖。
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LIQUID
Single-player alternative to The Parish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Parish.
Liquids is a surreal adventure game. When Emma, the actress girlfriend of scientist Albert, dies strangely, police detective Todd investigates the unsolved case, and bizarrely Emma's body appears out of nowhere within many time and space.