Single-player games like The Gretlow Tapes
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Gretlow Tapes, 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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Lazaret
Single-player alternative to The Gretlow Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gretlow Tapes.
Lazaret is an atmospheric first-person horror game. You play as a member of a rescue team called out to investigate a distress signal coming from a ship that disappeared 4 years ago.
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The Strange Lights
Single-player alternative to The Gretlow Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gretlow Tapes.
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
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Bleeding Nightmare | 血に染まる悪夢
Single-player alternative to The Gretlow Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gretlow Tapes.
Descend into the fever dreams of a traumatized young man in a first-person psychological horror game about grief, trauma, and fractured memories. Confront the horrors of your past and find a way back home from Hell. KNOCK, AND THEY WILL ANSWER.
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What Happened to Lily?
Single-player alternative to The Gretlow Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gretlow Tapes.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
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You’ve Got a Package
Single-player alternative to The Gretlow Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Gretlow Tapes.
You are a young and talented writer. One evening, someone leaves a mysterious box on your doorstep. What’s inside will turn your life into a living nightmare...
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Reflection
Single-player alternative to The Gretlow Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Gretlow Tapes.
You woke up in some basement and don't remember who you are or how you ended up here... But what you do know is that you need to get out of here...
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iBLiS
Single-player alternative to The Gretlow Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gretlow Tapes.
Demon is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy a realistic home environment and terrifying moments of being immersed in a real-life story.
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The Lightkeeper
Single-player alternative to The Gretlow Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gretlow Tapes.
Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper
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The Door in the Basement
Single-player alternative to The Gretlow Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gretlow Tapes.
The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.
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Lock 87
Single-player alternative to The Gretlow Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Gretlow Tapes.
Work the night shift at Lock 87, a canal checkpoint in a brutalist dystopian 1992. Inspect vessels, authorise passage, and earn enough to escape the district - while strange transmissions and security footage suggest you may not be alone.