Single-player games like GhostlyRyokan
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to GhostlyRyokan, 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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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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Kona
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.
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Ether One
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.
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Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
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The Solus Project
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
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After School
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
After Schoolは、放課後の学校に忘れ物を取りに来た主人公に降りかかる恐怖を体験するゲームです。主人公は帰宅した際に大量の忘れ物をしたことに気づき、学校に引き返します。昼間の学校とは雰囲気の違う夜の学校に違和感を感じながらも学校を探索する。そこで出会った襲いかかる恐怖を避けながら自身の忘れ物を学校中から見つけ出し、自転車で無事に帰ることができればクリアとなります。現代日本の寂れた木造校舎を舞台としたステージを存分に楽しんでください。
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Escape from the Village
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
You are on your way home from a holiday and your car breaks down and you are stranded in the middle of nowhere. You get out of the car, explore the surroundings, and try to get home. Enjoy this escape game set in a deserted mountain village in modern Japan.
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Pandemic 1993
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
Survival horror set in Japan! Fight off various creatures, search for your missing wife and child, and escape from the town safely!
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Tuya
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
A frightening experience in the Japanese countryside!
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Selling Souls
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
Something is wrong with this store
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Homecoming -KITAKU-
Single-player alternative to GhostlyRyokan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with GhostlyRyokan.
Uncover the truth hidden in the darkness with your own hands.