Single-player games like Penguin Colony
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Penguin Colony, 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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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to Penguin Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penguin Colony.
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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Cryptica
Single-player alternative to Penguin Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penguin Colony.
Cryptica is a narrative-based psychological horror game where the apocalypse is just the beginning. Explore the enigmatic lands of Antarctica and find the missing film crew.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to Penguin Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Penguin Colony.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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10 Dead Doves
Single-player alternative to Penguin Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penguin Colony.
The critically acclaimed surreal horror adventure. Two hikers, Mark and Sean, avoid monsters, survive disaster, and search Appalachia for the legend of the Ant Farm, a mythic place rumored to make your dreams come true.
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Dead of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Penguin Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Penguin Colony.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
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The Pale Beyond
Single-player alternative to Penguin Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penguin Colony.
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
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PROXIMATE
Single-player alternative to Penguin Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penguin Colony.
Congratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor. Use it to explore the Neuras lab and recover the staff's research. Your visor is safe, reliable, and up to 99% accurate. Just don't ask why the "ketchup" in the corner makes such a horrible crunching sound.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Penguin Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Penguin Colony.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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Umurangi Generation
Single-player alternative to Penguin Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Penguin Colony.
Umurangi Generation is a first person photography game in the shitty future. Set in Tauranga Aotearoa off the back of an impending crisis you are a courier for the Tauranga Express. Throughout the game you will unlock a variety of lenses and equipment.