Single-player games like Cryphora
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Cryphora, 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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shita ni
Single-player alternative to Cryphora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cryphora.
A surreal dream exploration game, both beautiful and terrifying.
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Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Single-player alternative to Cryphora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryphora.
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
- 3
What Happened to Lily?
Single-player alternative to Cryphora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryphora.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
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This Is Not Your House
Single-player alternative to Cryphora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryphora.
Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.
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REVEIL
Single-player alternative to Cryphora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryphora.
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
- 6
Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Cryphora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryphora.
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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INDIKA
Single-player alternative to Cryphora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Cryphora.
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
- 8
Barbotine
Single-player alternative to Cryphora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryphora.
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
- 9
Mucorales
Single-player alternative to Cryphora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryphora.
An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.
- 10
Morvyn Gutter
Single-player alternative to Cryphora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryphora.
In Morvyn Gutter, a pixel art horror RPG, you explore a nightmarish sewer system, battling monsters in turn-based combat. Level up, buy gear, and uncover a twisted story filled with eerie secrets and surreal dangers.
- 11
Esca
Single-player alternative to Cryphora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryphora.
Esca is a gripping survival RPG where you play as a repair robot maintaining an underwater research station, facing tough decisions and uncovering secrets of your past.
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Barnacle
Single-player alternative to Cryphora — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cryphora.
Investigate an abandoned server frozen in time. Explore liminal, blocky spaces, uncover strange anomalies, and piece together what went wrong. The deeper you go, the more the world shifts, watching and reacting to your presence.