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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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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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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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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Impostor Factory
Single-player alternative to Penguin Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penguin Colony.
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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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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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Penguin Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penguin Colony.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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Thirty Flights of Loving
Single-player alternative to Penguin Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penguin Colony.
This surprising first-person story tells the tale of a heist gone wrong. Encounter high-flying schemers, lovelorn criminals, and more stray kittens than you can shake a stick at.
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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.