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Single-player games like Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past, 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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    True Reporter. Mystery of Mistwood — Steam game cover

    True Reporter. Mystery of Mistwood

    Single-player alternative to Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past.

    A free detective "Hidden object" game. Solve the crime now!

    2023AdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek — Steam game cover

    Panic Room 2: Hide and Seek

    Single-player alternative to Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past.

    Trip to a abandoned mansion led to an imprisonment inside the maniac’s house

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paris Mysteries: Man with Ivory Cane — Steam game cover

    Paris Mysteries: Man with Ivory Cane

    Single-player alternative to Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past.

    Explore atmospheric Parisian locations, collect clues, combine items, crack ciphers and solve dozens of brain-teasing puzzles and mini-games to uncover the truth.

    2019IndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Magical Girl Witch Trials — Steam game cover

    Magical Girl Witch Trials

    Single-player alternative to Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past.

    Thirteen girls awaken, only to find themselves in a prison. What awaits them: a Witch Trial. Help them prepare for the trial by exploring the prison in order to find the witch hidden amongst them. Find the witch, learn what kind of magic she holds, dispel the lies, and prepare for the execution.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Old Man's Journey — Steam game cover

    Old Man's Journey

    Single-player alternative to Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past.

    Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, and hope. Interacting with the world around you, you'll shape the landscape to create the old man's path forward. Experience heartache and hope as you embark on a heartfelt journey through a sunkissed world.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Strange Antiquities — Steam game cover

    Strange Antiquities

    Single-player alternative to Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past.

    Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Maid Mansion — Steam game cover

    Maid Mansion

    Single-player alternative to Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past.

    A young man inherits his grandfather's mansion on one condition: He can never fire the head maid. Now he is the lord of the manor, free to pursue all his perverse desires...

    2020IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    The House of Tesla: Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past.

    Solve intricate puzzles to activate Nikola Tesla's creations, restore Wardenclyffe Tower, and unlock hidden devices in his New York lab. Explore the Chicago World's Fair in this mind-bending puzzle adventure.

    2025Adventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Panic Room. House of secrets — Steam game cover

    The Panic Room. House of secrets

    Single-player alternative to Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past.

    The Panic Room offers an exciting hidden object experience and mystery detective story.

    2016AdventureFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PARKAN: THE IMPERIAL CHRONICLES — Steam game cover

    PARKAN: THE IMPERIAL CHRONICLES

    Single-player alternative to Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past.

    Legendary game from the Golden age of Russian gaming industry! Hybrid gameplay combines elements of space simulator, shooter, strategy and RPG. Explore the outer space, colonize planets, negotiate with clans of robots, fight in space battles and become mercenary, trader or pirate!

    2017StrategyAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Parkan: Iron Strategy — Steam game cover

    Parkan: Iron Strategy

    Single-player alternative to Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Panic Room: Ghosts of the Past.

    Parkan: Iron Strategy is a perfect mix of advanced real-time strategy and futuristic warbot simulator with FPS elements in a highly realistic environment.

    2018ActionAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →