Single-player games like BANNED TAPES
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to BANNED 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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The Longed-for Revenge of Undecember
Single-player alternative to BANNED TAPES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BANNED TAPES.
<The Longed-for Revenge of Undecember> is a horror game based on a true incident. Dreams distort memories, blending the main character’s guilt into horror. Spatial distortion, unique design, and unsettling sounds induce psychological unease, inviting you into the ‘Aesthetics of Discomfort’.
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Torn Veil
Single-player alternative to BANNED TAPES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BANNED TAPES.
Torn Veil is a psychological horror game that immerses you in a chilling tale moral decay in a deeply unsettling atmosphere to deliver a haunting experience.
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April 24th
Single-player alternative to BANNED TAPES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BANNED TAPES.
The main character is an experienced journalist who always strives to uncover the truth. He manages to gain access to the house, which is guarded by the police.
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Holidays in Khrushchevsk
Single-player alternative to BANNED TAPES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BANNED TAPES.
Do you like spontaneous purchases? Do all your purchases bring you happiness? Everything is not as simple as it seems at first glance.
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Barbotine
Single-player alternative to BANNED TAPES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BANNED TAPES.
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
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I'm counting to 6...
Single-player alternative to BANNED TAPES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BANNED TAPES.
Turning onto an old road, the main character gets into an accident due to thick fog. Now he's trying to find someone who can help him. Forced to enter an old house, the main character finds himself trapped, from which it is not so easy to get out.
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EarWorm
Single-player alternative to BANNED TAPES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BANNED TAPES.
You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.
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Lighthouse Keeper
Single-player alternative to BANNED TAPES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BANNED TAPES.
This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.