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Single-player games like The Anomaly Experiment

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Anomaly Experiment, 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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    Lost Traces: Genesis — Steam game cover

    Lost Traces: Genesis

    Single-player alternative to The Anomaly Experiment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Uncover the terrifying truth behind the Blackwood conspiracy in this first-person psychological horror. Use emerging psychic powers to solve deep, environmental puzzles and survive the secrets of Project GENESIS.

    IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Welcome To Lakewood — Steam game cover

    Welcome To Lakewood

    Single-player alternative to The Anomaly Experiment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Investigate the sleepy town of Lakewood as you follow the trail of numerous missing person cases and the mysterious cause of the disappearances. Unravel the secret of Lakewood and try to survive its tightening grip.

    2021IndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paranormal Snap Shot — Steam game cover

    Paranormal Snap Shot

    Single-player alternative to The Anomaly Experiment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Trapped in an endless looping school, can you find your way out by photographing all of the anomalies?

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blackwood Lodge: The Siblings — Steam game cover

    Blackwood Lodge: The Siblings

    Single-player alternative to The Anomaly Experiment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Uncover the dark secrets of Blackwood Lodge in this atmospheric psychological horror game. As John Wilson, use your lighter to brave the dark, explore fractured spirit memories, and solve puzzles to piece together a tragic crime, all while evading a terrifying supernatural stalker.

    IndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Confabulation: Homestead — Steam game cover

    Confabulation: Homestead

    Single-player alternative to The Anomaly Experiment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Unwelcome Guest — Steam game cover

    Unwelcome Guest

    Single-player alternative to The Anomaly Experiment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    You find yourself in a house that the owners have long since abandoned. But something lurks in the shadows, watching your every move. Explore the rooms, solve the mysteries, and find a way to banish the evil... Before it gets to you.

    2025IndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Confabulation — Steam game cover

    Confabulation

    Single-player alternative to The Anomaly Experiment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual2.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gordian Rooms 2: A curious island — Steam game cover

    Gordian Rooms 2: A curious island

    Single-player alternative to The Anomaly Experiment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    Your adventure continues in Gordian Rooms 2...                  The escape island game where you venture further into the mysteries of the Gordian Society! Challenge your wits and conquer every puzzle on the Isle of Lye!

    2024IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Buried — Steam game cover

    Buried

    Single-player alternative to The Anomaly Experiment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Anomaly Experiment.

    You wake up buried alive. You are running out of oxygen and you can't remember how you got here. There must be a way out, can you figure it out in time?

    2023Indie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Gravedigger — Steam game cover

    The Gravedigger

    Single-player alternative to The Anomaly Experiment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Anomaly Experiment.

    You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.

    2024IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →