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Single-player games like House

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to House, 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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    Incident Reports: Millers Residence — Steam game cover

    Incident Reports: Millers Residence

    Single-player alternative to House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House.

    A late-night call sends you to the Millers Residence. What begins as a routine investigation turns into a descent through buried records, missing evidence, and a house arranged to hide something far worse.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs — Steam game cover

    CARIMARA: Beneath the forlorn limbs

    Single-player alternative to House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House.

    A mute little thing with borrowed magic. A house that murmurs back. Ask wrong, and you might wake something that remembers your name.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Post Mortem — Steam game cover

    Post Mortem

    Single-player alternative to House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with House.

    After returning to the quiet streets of Paris to pursue a life of painting, Gus Macpherson could not escape his true art…

    2011Adventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Strange Antiquities — Steam game cover

    Strange Antiquities

    Single-player alternative to House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House.

    Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Painscreek Killings — Steam game cover

    The Painscreek Killings

    Single-player alternative to House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House.

    Investigate an infamous cold case in the eerie, abandoned town of Painscreek. Search for evidence, connect the dots and uncover who killed Vivian Roberts. Can you expose the truth behind this town’s dark secrets?

    2017IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kona II: Brume — Steam game cover

    Kona II: Brume

    Single-player alternative to House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House.

    Northern Québec, 1970. A bizarre mist —the Brume— is disconnecting a rural mining village from its quiet reality. Step into the shoes of Detective Carl Faubert as he unfolds the mysteries haunting the region while battling for his own survival.

    2023IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Cthulhu® — Steam game cover

    Call of Cthulhu®

    Single-player alternative to House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with House.

    1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.

    2018AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dimhaven - The Lost Source — Steam game cover

    Dimhaven - The Lost Source

    Single-player alternative to House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House.

    Are you ready for an adventure? Challenges, exploration and puzzles in a narrative driven experience, pick up your camera and test your wits in this first-person mystery by the team behind Quern!

    2026IndieAdventure20.79 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Always 1-1 — Steam game cover

    Always 1-1

    Single-player alternative to House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House.

    Search for "anomalies" in a 2D platformer

    2024ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    I AM A ROBOT — Steam game cover

    I AM A ROBOT

    Single-player alternative to House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with House.

    A collection of various CAPTCHA questions, that are NOT solvable by human.  This game is designed to use the help of various "ROBOTS".  (Recommended ROBOT: Smartphone with internet)  Can you fool the system to believe that you are NOT human?

    2025StrategySimulationCasual1.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →