Single-player games like Heart of the Forest
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Heart of the Forest, 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
- 1
You Are Family
Single-player alternative to Heart of the Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heart of the Forest.
You’re looking to disconnect in a secluded country house. A family welcomes you in. Soon, you’ll discover that feeling at home here… may be more real than you imagine.
- 2
Wordless Forest
Single-player alternative to Heart of the Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heart of the Forest.
You are alone in the forest. You remember nothing. In this live-action interactive survival thriller, the story is written not by dialogue, but by your choices.
- 3
Red Balloon
Single-player alternative to Heart of the Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heart of the Forest.
A first-person psychological horror experience. Explore, solve puzzles, and make decisions as you descend through 66 levels to save your little brother. How far are you willing to descend for him?
- 4
Death Come True
Single-player alternative to Heart of the Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Heart of the Forest.
Everything rides on your choices in this new wave interactive movie game. Experience a thrilling science fiction mystery in full-length live-action format—from genius creator of the "Danganronpa" series, Kazutaka Kodaka!
- 5
I Saw Black Clouds
Single-player alternative to Heart of the Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Heart of the Forest.
After the unexpected death of a close friend, Kristina returns to her hometown looking for answers, only to unearth a string of dark secrets. I Saw Black Clouds is an interactive psychological thriller with supernatural elements and branching storylines.
- 6
Bloodshore
Single-player alternative to Heart of the Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heart of the Forest.
Bloodshore is an interactive action movie about a televised battle royale between high-profile streamers, entertainers and death row inmates. You control the fate of Nick, a washed-up actor who fights for a life-changing cash prize.
- 7
Dead Reset
Single-player alternative to Heart of the Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Heart of the Forest.
Trapped in a terrifying death-loop, surgeon Cole Mason is kidnapped and brought to an underwater facility, forced to operate on a patient to extract an evolving parasitic horror. Dead Reset is a blood-soaked interactive horror, where each death brings you closer to the truth.
- 8
The Isle Tide Hotel
Single-player alternative to Heart of the Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Heart of the Forest.
Explore a mysterious hotel and infiltrate a cult in this FMV detective game, featuring a cast from GoT, The Witcher, and more. Every decision counts as you gather clues and question guests. Can you unearth the ominous secrets at The Isle Tide Hotel before it's too late to save your missing daughter?
- 9
The Ritual
Single-player alternative to Heart of the Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The ritual is a third person survival horror game. You have been hired to find out how a school began crawling with demons. Search the school for information. Run. Scream. Shoot. And remember don't get caught.
- 10
The Complex
Single-player alternative to Heart of the Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Heart of the Forest.
After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.
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The Bunker
Single-player alternative to Heart of the Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heart of the Forest.
Trapped in an abandoned bunker, you are alone—your friends locked out, something else locked in. This PSX, VHS-style found-footage psychological horror plunges you into a nightmare of analog terror. Will you unravel the truth, survive the bunker’s horrors, and discover the fate of your friends?
- 12
Blair Witch
Single-player alternative to Heart of the Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heart of the Forest.
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
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The Bunker
Single-player alternative to Heart of the Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heart of the Forest.
The Bunker is an award-winning interactive psychological horror movie. You are John, born underground the day the bombs fell, now alone and trying to survive. But when an alarm goes off, a catastrophic chain of events begins. Unlock the dark secrets of your past as you try to escape The Bunker.