Single-player games like Fran Bow
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Fran Bow, 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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Hell Is Other People
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
Can you survive the horror of being yourself? A cute and disturbing psychological horror about identity, isolation, and the terrifying reality of being different.
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Paper Bleed
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
Paper Bleed is a creepy and grotesque point-and-click adventure, made with a raw art style and disturbingly gory hand-drawn animations. You find yourself in a horrible yet familiar place, facing your deepest fears and darkest thoughts. Nothing really dies here and you are all alone...
- 3
Lucid Dream Adventure
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
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Slender Threads
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
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Fragile
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
Get pulled into the nightmares of reality as you play as an abducted girl from the ger district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uncover a secret organization that deals in human trafficking and other horrendous activities. Try to escape from the scariest place on earth!
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Bad Dream: Coma
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
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Detention
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
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The Cat Lady
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Fran Bow.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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Malice in Wonderland
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Fran Bow.
Tear through Wonderland and break free of The Hatter's control in this fast-paced action roguelike. Augment your abilities to destroy your foes and escape before you're out of time!
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Sally Face 2
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
After the haunting climax of Sally Face, the sequel continues the dark adventure with a group of friends struggling to find meaning in a world broken by darkness.
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Okami HD
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Fran Bow.
Experience the critically acclaimed masterpiece with its renowned Sumi-e ink art style in breathtaking high resolution.
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DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
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Gemini Rue
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.
- 15
Broken Age
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
A family friendly, hand-animated, puzzle-filled adventure game with an all-star cast, including Elijah Wood, Jack Black and Masasa Moyo. Funded by a record breaking crowdfunding campaign and designed by industry legend Tim Schafer, Broken Age is a timeless coming-of-age story.
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Little Misfortune
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
Led by her new friend, Mr. Voice, Misfortune ventures into the woods, where mysteries are unraveled and a little bad luck unfolds.