Single-player games like The Outer Side
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Outer Side, 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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JJJ
Single-player alternative to The Outer Side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Outer Side.
"A normal vacation" the three friends were thinking, when they were drawn into a macabre ending.
- 2
The Last of them
Single-player alternative to The Outer Side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Side.
You play as a detective solving gruesome murders in a haunting, desolate city. Explore dark alleys, uncover hidden clues, and solve puzzles to unravel the mystery. Can you find the killer before they strike again, or will you fall victim to the terror?
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Oh! Fuse Box
Single-player alternative to The Outer Side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Side.
This is a new remake of a puzzle game that connects pipes.
- 4
Akolyta
Single-player alternative to The Outer Side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Side.
Uncover the darkest secrets of the Cold War as you will slowly lose everything - even your sanity in the first-person horror adventure Akolyta. You will battle the worst Cold War products of the MK Ultra program and your own deteriorating mental health.
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Hong Kong Obscure
Single-player alternative to The Outer Side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Side.
The year was 1999. Something happened that shook the world and it all ended up in the 2nd Dust district of Hong Kong. Big Pharma, Influential Political figures, OP-SEC Corporations, webs of spies with absence of allegiance. The truth is there, its all documented. Just have to connect the dots...
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Hope
Single-player alternative to The Outer Side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Outer Side.
Help the protagonist escape from the inner world and make a choice.
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Transmogrify
Single-player alternative to The Outer Side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Outer Side.
They're in the vents! Become Chris, cleaner of labs — a janitor armed with the mysterious Transmogrify gun. Escape the depths of Future Perfect Labs by turning a horde of escaped monsters into tools and objects that help you puzzle-solve and platform your way to freedom!
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Bus stop in the fog
Single-player alternative to The Outer Side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Outer Side.
A bus trip is a journey not a destination. You bought your first boat with your savings of the last 5 years and you find yourself stranded on an island in the Bermuda sea. You must take a very scary bus ride to get off the island ... but will the bus take you off the island?