Single-player games like Sylvio
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Sylvio, 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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Sylvio 2
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sylvio.
All Juliette ever wanted was to go back home. With the help of her ghost recording equipment she makes her way through flooded landscapes, buried houses and abandoned apartments. This is calm psychological horror with emphasis on atmosphere.
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Whispering Willows
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.
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The Town of Light
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
12 March 1938, Renée, 16, was ripped out of her world, her only fault was that of not knowing her place in the world.
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Magnetic: Cage Closed
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
Magnetic: Cage Closed is a first person puzzle game where the player manipulates magnetic forces to accomplish their goals. The mechanics are focused around a single tool: The Magnet Gun which allows you to create electromagnetic fields with either positive or negative charges.
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Dead Secret
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .
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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
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Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
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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Dollhouse
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
Dollhouse is a frightening film noir horror story sure to send shivers down your spine. Survive a horrifying trip into the mind of detective Marie. Piece your past together, but watch your back, as something gravely dangerous is hunting you down.
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Stalker
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.
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Twin Peaks VR
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
Twin Peaks VR brings people into the world of Twin Peaks using the immersive technology of VR. Based on the iconic television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, players will be able to experience several locations from the show including the Red Room, Glastonbury Grove, Sheriff's Department, Glass Box Observation and more.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sylvio.
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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Cry of Fear
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
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Blenderman
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
Blenderman is a first-person escape horror game where cute fruit are hunted by something much worse. Explore a dark forest, rescue your fruit friends, and race back to safety, while Blenderman grows faster and more dangerous with every save. You can’t hide. You can’t go back. You can only run.
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Empathy: Path of Whispers
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
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Slenderman: Shadow of the Forest
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
Slenderman: Shadow of the Forest - is a thrilling first-person horror game that immerses you in a terrifying and mystical forest. Your goal is to find a way out of this dark and gloomy place by collecting necessary items that will help you survive and escape to freedom.
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Dread X Collection 5
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
A horror anthology in the Dread X Collection series. Featuring 12 new games from up-and-comers along with veterans, all wrapped up in an old, run down party venue that may be hiding more than it's letting on...
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Brutalism
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
A vertical modular warping maze that finds the player navigating portals and defeating a chanting, floating head with a sniper rifle.
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Sylvio: Black Waters
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Sylvio.
Stranded on a desolate planet, decode the whispers of the dead to survive in an enthralling atmospheric exploration horror.