Single-player games like Shutter
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Shutter, 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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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Shutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shutter.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Anna - Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to Shutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shutter.
Anna - Extended Edition has been given an overhaul based on the feedback of the thousands of players of the original Anna.
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Penumbra Overture
Single-player alternative to Shutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shutter.
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
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Rusty Lake Hotel
Single-player alternative to Shutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shutter.
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
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Dark Fall: Lost Souls
Single-player alternative to Shutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shutter.
Travel to the old train station and hotel, abandoned since 1947, following the 'disappearances'. Unravel the mystery that binds this place, by communicating with the ghosts of the long since dead, both in your time and theirs.
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Grunn
Single-player alternative to Shutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shutter.
A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them?
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Lucius
Single-player alternative to Shutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shutter.
Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.
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Black Mirror II
Single-player alternative to Shutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Shutter.
Enter a dark, captivating world as the massive evil of Black Mirror Castle is reincarnated with over 100 atmospheric locations to explore and 40 different characters to interact with. Will Darren's search lead him to redemption or the hell of insanity?
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Paranormal
Single-player alternative to Shutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shutter.
Experience the horrors of a haunting that's never the same twice. Paranormal is a 3D fully dynamic haunting experience. The player takes the role of Mattel Clarke, an artist who has a haunted house. Mattel decides to film the hauntings with his camera, which is the viewpoint of the game.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Shutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Shutter.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Shutter 2
Single-player alternative to Shutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shutter.
Shutter 2 is a classic 3D survival horror game that combines combat, exploration, puzzles and photography. Choose between classic static CC cams or switch to the over-the-shoulder cam to navigate your surroundings and upgrade your RC to defend yourself against the ghosts of Kent Island.