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.
A psychological horror adventure about social anxiety. Play as a girl with red hair deemed broken by a black-and-white society. Your mind is your inventory. Manage shifting mental states, befriend your unreliable Alter-Ego and decide: force yourself to conform, or isolate?
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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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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.
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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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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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CLeM
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
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Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fran Bow.
In this point-and-click urban thriller, down-and-out private eye Kathy Rain will embark on her most dangerous case yet — the pursuit of the notorious serial killer known as the Soothsayer. Find clues, gather evidence, connect the dots, and confront the murderer before the hunter becomes the hunted…
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Voodoo Detective
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Fran Bow.
Do you like adventure, comedy, and dime store detective novels? Then boy have we got the game for you! Join Voodoo Detective in a hand-drawn, point-and-click noir where you’ll pit your wits and hoodoo know-how against a sinister evil that’s taken root on beautiful Zo Wanga Isle.
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Burnhouse Lane
Single-player alternative to Fran Bow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Fran Bow.
Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...