Single-player games like SHADOW
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SHADOW, 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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The Radio Tower
Single-player alternative to SHADOW — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
Your job is to climb the tallest towers in the world to maintain them, this time you were called urgently to fix the only tower providing cover to the small Crimsonpine city that is currently on quarantine.
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HAIGLA
Single-player alternative to SHADOW — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
Confined to a wheelchair, explore a hospital pulled into a distorted world beneath reality. A slow psychological horror focused on exploration, tension, and the unsettling atmosphere of this place.
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Norbert's Diary
Single-player alternative to SHADOW — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
Norbert's Diary is a retro-themed psychological horror game set in the 2000s. You will learn the story of Norbert, the guy who opened a gas station in the wilderness. You have to earn money and serve customers, face danger and scream!
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Tales from the Watchtower - The Conjurer
Single-player alternative to SHADOW — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
An episodic psychological horror game set in La Mancha, the rural heart of inland Spain and land of Don Quixote. Inspired by real events near the mysterious Watchtower of Ciudad Real, each episode explores current legends and local folklore where reality and myth blur.
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Desolate Roads
Single-player alternative to SHADOW — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
Desolate Roads is a first-person psychological horror vignette. You’ve run out of gas in the middle of nowhere, and all you can see are empty roads, a dark forest, and the endless thick and strangling fog.
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DineInn
Single-player alternative to SHADOW — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
DineInn is a SimLike game where you manage a motel. You can do farming, cooking, maintenance, exploration and management, all while building a reputation and making money. But beware, there are scary events happening around you. Restore the DineInn and uncover its secrets! (Single dev project)
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Bigfoot Forest
Single-player alternative to SHADOW — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
Bigfoot Forest - a first-person indie horror game. While traveling in your car, you run out of gas and find yourself far away from any civilized locations at night, with only woods and a small town nearby.
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Single-player alternative to SHADOW — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SHADOW.
In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, play as Gregory, a young boy who’s been trapped overnight inside of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex. With the help of Freddy himself, Gregory must uncover the secrets of the Pizzaplex, learn the truth, and survive until dawn.