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Single-player games like The Patient

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Patient, 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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    Voidshift — Steam game cover

    Voidshift

    Single-player alternative to The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Patient.

    A psychological horror game about working the night shift in a store that reacts to your mistakes. Follow procedure. Avoid irregularities.

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Apartment 606 — Steam game cover

    Apartment 606

    Single-player alternative to The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Patient.

    Begin your new night shift working from home, but beware, this apartment harbors dark secrets. Can you survive all five harrowing nights?

    2024IndieSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Broken Psyche — Steam game cover

    Broken Psyche

    Single-player alternative to The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Patient.

    Play as a detective investigating his wife's disappearance. Suspecting the asylum she was researching, he infiltrates it, only to uncover a realm of horror. Solve puzzles, maintain sanity, and confront monsters as you unravel the asylum's secrets.

    2024IndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Jurassic Labyrinth — Steam game cover

    The Jurassic Labyrinth

    Single-player alternative to The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Patient.

    A psychological horror puzzle game set in a living labyrinth that adapts to your choices. Solve shifting mechanisms, navigate ever-changing corridors, and evade a relentless presence that learns your behavior as you try to escape.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Under Potion Influence — Steam game cover

    Under Potion Influence

    Single-player alternative to The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Patient.

    The Guild can't identify some of their potions, so they send them your way. Your job is to learn their effects. Test them, drink them... it doesn't matter how. Just label them correctly.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Who's at the door? — Steam game cover

    Who's at the door?

    Single-player alternative to The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Patient.

    You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    [Chilla's Art] The Karaoke | ヒトカラ🎤 — Steam game cover

    [Chilla's Art] The Karaoke | ヒトカラ🎤

    Single-player alternative to The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Patient.

    The Karaoke | ヒトカラ is a Japanese horror game about a high school girl at a Karaoke.

    2023IndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda — Steam game cover

    Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda

    Single-player alternative to The Patient — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Patient.

    Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.

    2023Indie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →