Single-player games like Ingrained
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Ingrained, 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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Is Anybody There?
Single-player alternative to Ingrained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
Step into the role of a blind boy hunted by a paranormal entity. Can you avoid being kidnapped by navigating the world through echolocation and listening for every rustle?
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Lurking Within
Single-player alternative to Ingrained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
You wake up in an unfamiliar bathroom, with no memory of how you got there - but you know this won't end well.
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The One I Saw
Single-player alternative to Ingrained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
Return to a house based on the developer’s real childhood home in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore shifting loops, uncover buried memories, and face a presence that reacts to what you notice and what you miss.
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Born Into Fear
Single-player alternative to Ingrained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
Born Into Fear is a first-person horror game set in an evacuated neighborhood. You'll have to complete task and avoid enemies to destroy the evil Buffer.
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Clink
Single-player alternative to Ingrained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
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The Scourge | Tai Ương
Single-player alternative to Ingrained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
Explore the nightmarish lucid dreams of Nhat Huy to solve his family's mystery. Set in 90s Saigon, navigate dilapidated corridors, solve mind-bending puzzles, and uncover sinister secrets. Can you survive the twisting maze and The Scourge?
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IN THE FACADE WE TRUST™
Single-player alternative to Ingrained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
You’re torn between a girl who is obsessed with you and a creature. Whose words can lead you out of this endless loop? Trust the right person in the right cycle to get closer to the exit, or be misled by facades, complicating your next loop.
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The Strange Lights
Single-player alternative to Ingrained — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ingrained.
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...