Single-player games like Sylvio
Below are 16 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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Remothered: Tormented Fathers
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
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Oxenfree
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
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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Year Walk
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
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ASYLUM
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
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Grunn
Single-player alternative to Sylvio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylvio.
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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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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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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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.