Single-player games like Shrine of Haunts
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Shrine of Haunts, 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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童谣无忌
Single-player alternative to Shrine of Haunts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.
In 1998, journalist Gu Yao comes to the mountain village of Hongluo after an anonymous letter. A nursery rhyme points to a chain of old murders. Slowly reveal the truth of the case from back then.
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Weeping Souls
Single-player alternative to Shrine of Haunts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.
《泣魂》是一款视觉小说游戏。玩家在当中扮演主角并选择正确的路线，确保自己和朋友的安全，游戏有多种结局，由你的选择决定。
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异界双子 -Twin Souls-
Single-player alternative to Shrine of Haunts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
文字ADV《异界双子-twins-》是星律动画和鲲影互娱联合出品的复古类叙事互动游戏，随着叵测迷离的剧情推进，进而会出现互动选项，选项将会大幅度影响玩家能否触发重要剧情，及解锁收集向剧情CG，如果选择不妥甚至也会直接导致走向死亡结局。当你解锁众多支线拼凑所有细节就会发现这个世界的真貌远远超出你的想象。
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Shadows Over Fog City
Single-player alternative to Shrine of Haunts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.
Shadows Over the Fog City is a Republican-era spy visual novel. As an undercover clerk inside an enemy puppet bureau, hide behind files and seals, mislead your enemies, pass intelligence, and survive audits, blame games, and purges. One mistake means death—but you have no choice.
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Gensokyo：Presumption of Guilt~Pansies Before Dawn
Single-player alternative to Shrine of Haunts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.
Explore the intertwined fates of humans and youkai in this interactive fiction. As an unwitting protagonist, enter the sealed realm of Gensokyo to investigate a series of bizarre murders. Unearth ancient secrets and witness a gripping saga hidden for millennia.
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April 8th
Single-player alternative to Shrine of Haunts — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In April, when cherry blossoms flutter through the air, a gruesome discovery is made—a blood-soaked corpse in a quiet town.
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LakeLady
Single-player alternative to Shrine of Haunts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.
THE LAKE LADY is a story-driven realistic horror interactive game. The river took everything from him. To find his daughter who went missing in the flood, Salvio returns to his hometown as a doctor and infiltrates Hongqiang Hospital for investigation.
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![[Redacted] The Safehouse — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/403620/de4167ba19150f58bc1807c17fde298b3d2eebc1/header.jpg?t=1785288465)
[Redacted] The Safehouse
Single-player alternative to Shrine of Haunts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shrine of Haunts.
You're a detective. Investigate the haunting events surrounding the murder of Ann Peterson and her boyfriend. Explore an old safehouse for clues, deduce keywords and reveal redacted words as you search Ann's digital journal, and piece together your case report as this unfortunate story unfolds.