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Single-player games like Torn Veil

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Torn Veil, 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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    Backrooms 95 — Steam game cover

    Backrooms 95

    Single-player alternative to Torn Veil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Torn Veil.

    Explore eerie liminal spaces in a low-poly Backrooms horror experience inspired by the aesthetics of forgotten 90s technology.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BANNED TAPES — Steam game cover

    BANNED TAPES

    Single-player alternative to Torn Veil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Torn Veil.

    VHS found footage horror experience. You have purchased a box of VHS tapes and now you have to select those tapes on which horrifying, violent, shocking events take place.

    2025IndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scary Shadow Spot - Last Farewell — Steam game cover

    Scary Shadow Spot - Last Farewell

    Single-player alternative to Torn Veil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Torn Veil.

    Scary Shadow Spot: Last Farewell - Haunted by his past, Mark explores a haunted house where nothing is as it seems. Chilling puzzles and shocking truths await. Are you ready to uncover the mystery hidden in the shadows?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Too Well Hidden — Steam game cover

    Too Well Hidden

    Single-player alternative to Torn Veil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Torn Veil.

    A found footage horror game about two sisters who often play hide and seek in their family home, recording everything with their mother's VHS camera. What begins innocently, soon turns disturbing, when it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong.

    2026IndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Longed-for Revenge of Undecember — Steam game cover

    The Longed-for Revenge of Undecember

    Single-player alternative to Torn Veil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Torn Veil.

    <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’.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Silent: Abandoned — Steam game cover

    Silent: Abandoned

    Single-player alternative to Torn Veil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Torn Veil.

    Michael and John are vloggers exploring a notorious abandoned house. John disappears without a trace, and Michael gets trapped inside. Now Michael has to find out what’s really going on to make it out alive.

    2024IndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    WriteNor — Steam game cover

    WriteNor

    Single-player alternative to Torn Veil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Torn Veil.

    One day that never ends. One year that won't let go. WriteNor is a psychological horror about a mind that can't forgive itself — and about Nori, who isn't there anymore.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Barbotine — Steam game cover

    Barbotine

    Single-player alternative to Torn Veil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Torn Veil.

    An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →