Single-player games like Kyoto Anomaly
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Kyoto Anomaly, 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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Platform 8
Single-player alternative to Kyoto Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kyoto Anomaly.
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
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Who's at the door?
Single-player alternative to Kyoto Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kyoto Anomaly.
You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.
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Shift 87
Single-player alternative to Kyoto Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kyoto Anomaly.
Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.
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The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
Single-player alternative to Kyoto Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kyoto Anomaly.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
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Hospital 666
Single-player alternative to Kyoto Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kyoto Anomaly.
Hospital 666 is a 1-4 player horror escape game. Traverse through eerie hospital levels while observing the occurrence of anomalies and choosing the correct elevator. Some abnormal bosses will chase you to death, and you must find the right way to escape them.
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The Cabin Factory
Single-player alternative to Kyoto Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kyoto Anomaly.
Your job at the Cabin Factory is simple: inspect the cabins and decide on whether they’re haunted or not. If you do find any anomalies, get out…immediately.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to Kyoto Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kyoto Anomaly.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Kyoto Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kyoto Anomaly.
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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MMO98
Single-player alternative to Kyoto Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Kyoto Anomaly.
An incremental game where you go from small-scale MMO development studio up to global market domination. Improve your server infrastructure, address the technical challenges of running an MMO, release new games, and become the world's #1 MMO game studio.
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Unicycle Pizza Time!
Single-player alternative to Kyoto Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kyoto Anomaly.
Uh oh, seems like your delivery bike got stolen, but the pizzas need to keep being delivered!
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Forge Industry
Single-player alternative to Kyoto Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Kyoto Anomaly.
Forge your destiny as a blacksmith! Automate your workshops, optimize your supply chain, research new materials, craft legendary weapons, and cast your place in the world.
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Overtime Anomaly
Single-player alternative to Kyoto Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kyoto Anomaly.
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
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My Virtual Friend
Single-player alternative to Kyoto Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Kyoto Anomaly.
Feeling lonely? Not anymore with My Virtual Friend, a desktop pet/idler where different characters can keep you company. Take care of them, buy them new outfits, play games with them, or just let them sit back and follow along with whatever you're doing.