Single-player games like Shieven
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Shieven, 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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Beyond The Evil
Single-player alternative to Shieven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shieven.
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.
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Vartio
Single-player alternative to Shieven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Shieven.
Patrol a haunted forest as a lone medieval guard in this short psychological horror experience. Leave the safety of your watchtower, listen for threats in the dark, and uncover what's lurking beyond the trees—before paranoia consumes you.
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Don't Play This
Single-player alternative to Shieven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shieven.
Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it? A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.
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Clink
Single-player alternative to Shieven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shieven.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
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Mundaun
Single-player alternative to Shieven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shieven.
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
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Pieces of me
Single-player alternative to Shieven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shieven.
“Pieces of Me” is not a classic horror game with jump scares, but a psychological thriller-drama in the walking simulator genre. It is a spin-off of “September 7th”
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Fatal Midnight
Single-player alternative to Shieven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shieven.
During the night, Dan is awakened by unusual sounds coming from deep inside the house. Concerned about his sister's condition, he decides to check on her. Upon entering her room, he discovers that she has disappeared. Fear grips him, and he starts rushing around the house looking for her.
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Last Days of Lazarus
Single-player alternative to Shieven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shieven.
After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.