Single-player games like This is Interesting
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to This is Interesting, 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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Dying Flame
Single-player alternative to This is Interesting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
James is trapped in an unknown mansion. As he desperately searches for a way out, he finds that his wife, Mary is trapped there as well. Lurking in the darkness is a monster that’s hunting you. Untangle the riddles that bar your path, and uncover the truth behind this deathly nightmare.
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Mirages
Single-player alternative to This is Interesting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
Mirages is a 3D narrative and horror game with folk stories. One night, seven brides headed to the Captain Mansion but strayed into a place full of ghosts - Regret City. Horror haunts the small town. Due to destiny, actors, warlords, and offspring of the town are drawn in. They are closer to truth.
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The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to This is Interesting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Single-player alternative to This is Interesting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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筮灵 SHILING
Single-player alternative to This is Interesting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪,销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息,将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄,还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索,怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
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Impostor Factory
Single-player alternative to This is Interesting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.
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Bride into the Cave
Single-player alternative to This is Interesting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
Myth lingers in a tranquil and remote ancient town in China. In one telling, once a beautiful maiden is chosen by the cave deity, her soul disappears from the mortal realm. A minority girl called Miao Fei embarks on her journey to uncover the truth behind the legend, and rescue herself, perhap.
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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to This is Interesting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to This is Interesting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with This is Interesting.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to This is Interesting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with This is Interesting.
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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Blue Prince
Single-player alternative to This is Interesting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is Interesting.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?