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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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.
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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…
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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!
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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?
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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.
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The Norwood Suite
Single-player alternative to House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House.
Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.
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Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island
Single-player alternative to House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House.
You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.
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The Forgotten City
Single-player alternative to House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House.
The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
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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
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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?