Single-player games like Escape the Tower
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Escape the Tower, 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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Anant Express
Single-player alternative to Escape the Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Escape the Tower.
Anant Express is set aboard a haunted sleeper-class indian train. You board the train as an ordinary traveler, but as the journey progresses, strange events begin to unfold. Mysterious passengers. Shifting compartments. Whispers in the dark. Nothing is as it seems.
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Pikabuu: STOP!
Single-player alternative to Escape the Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape the Tower.
Beni, a loving husband to Nadia and father to Kaila, always ensured his family's needs were met with simple contentment. However, one day, an unwitting decision dragged his small family into a spiral that threatens everything.
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Lonely Christmas
Single-player alternative to Escape the Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape the Tower.
It’s a story about an 8-year-old boy Kevin who was left alone at home at Christmas. Protect your house from a crazy robber and wait for your parents. Can you handle with it? We’ll find out.
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The Horrorscope: Fatal Awakening
Single-player alternative to Escape the Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Escape the Tower.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
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The seven days i spent with you
Single-player alternative to Escape the Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape the Tower.
With the enigmatic girl who imprisoned you――seven days in an unfamiliar room.
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While We Wait Here
Single-player alternative to Escape the Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Escape the Tower.
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
- 7
Sasaeng | 사생
Single-player alternative to Escape the Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape the Tower.
A first-person psychological horror game about the life of a K-pop idol. Explore a luxury apartment, Korean streets, and your agency building as you confront the unsettling truth hidden beneath the surface.
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Single-player alternative to Escape the Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape the Tower.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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SEAPORT MAN
Single-player alternative to Escape the Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Escape the Tower.
SEAPORT MAN is a short horror game where the protagonist, having escaped from a sunken ship, wanders the sea.
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The Old Woman | 無言老婆
Single-player alternative to Escape the Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Escape the Tower.
The Old Woman | 無言老婆 is a psychological horror game set in Japan.To attend university, the protagonist moved to the countryside. However, after starting to frequent a certain public bathhouse, strange and unsettling things began to happen.
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The Rotting Man | 悪臭男
Single-player alternative to Escape the Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Escape the Tower.
The Rotting Man | 悪臭男 is a psychological horror game that depicts a protagonist working as a clerk in a Japanese internet café.
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The Organ Woman | 臓器女
Single-player alternative to Escape the Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape the Tower.
A 1–4 player cooperative horror game set in an abandoned hospital in Japan. Work together with your friends, collect boxes containing organs, and escape from the hospital where something lurks!