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Single-player games like Local Opera

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Local Opera, 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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    Silent Love — Steam game cover

    Silent Love

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

    This is a terrorist decryption adventure game that took place in 1913.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication — Steam game cover

    The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication

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

    Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…

    2024Adventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Enigma of Fear — Steam game cover

    Enigma of Fear

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

    Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Xi — Steam game cover

    Xi

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

    "Xi" is a horror puzzle game set in the context of modern Chinese folklore. The story takes place in an long-abandoned mountain mansion. This immersive escape room experience feels a bit too real, with eerie and strange elements everywhere—an empty banquet, an endless corridor.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Night Book — Steam game cover

    Night Book

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

    Tricked into reading an ancient book, Loralyn summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller movie, created in lockdown, from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker.

    2021Adventure2.54 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rubbings — Steam game cover

    Rubbings

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

    《诡拓》是一款中式民俗微恐风的悬疑推理游戏。你将扮演一名民俗杂志编辑,根据匿名信件中的拓片线索,深入封闭、神秘的睖睁村,这里多年来流传着失踪旅人和诡异祭祀的传说。通过亲历村志中的诡异故事,并在村庄中展开调查,你将逐步揭开埋藏数十年的真相。

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure7.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Test: Hypothesis Rising — Steam game cover

    The Test: Hypothesis Rising

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

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Demonologist — Steam game cover

    Demonologist

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

    Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    逐末之地:60s Exploring the Endless Land:60s — Steam game cover

    逐末之地:60s Exploring the Endless Land:60s

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

    Disaster strikes, and you only have 60 seconds. Scavenge supplies with up to 3 teammates in a lab about to self-destruct, escape into an unknown forest, and use 500 types of random events to write your survival story—will you wait to be rescued alive, or uncover the truth the company is hiding?

    2026AdventureEarly AccessSingle-playerSimilar games →