Single-player games like The Shade
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Shade, 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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Bleeding Nightmare | 血に染まる悪夢
Single-player alternative to The Shade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
Descend into the fever dreams of a traumatized young man in a first-person psychological horror game about grief, trauma, and fractured memories. Confront the horrors of your past and find a way back home from Hell. KNOCK, AND THEY WILL ANSWER.
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CH13: Rest Stop
Single-player alternative to The Shade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
CH13: Rest Stop is a psychological horror game set in early 2000s Poland. What begins as a calm drive through the woods turns into something you weren't prepared for... Will you find out what awaits at the end of the road?
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Atheris
Single-player alternative to The Shade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Shade.
Dr. Roth wakes from cryosleep with his memory gone. The crew of the Atheris is dead, and the ship's AI speaks to him like a mother, then orders him to dance. Only she knows who did this. So will you, in an hour. If you're good enough.
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Radiolight
Single-player alternative to The Shade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
Ashwood Creek, 1985. A child disappears without a trace. A local policeman is drawn into a national park, seeking the truth. Mysterious radio signals beckon him further and further. Investigate, survive and face the unknown in Radiolight— an '80s thriller by solo dev Krystof Knesl.
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Last Days of Lazarus
Single-player alternative to The Shade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.
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Dead of Darkness
Single-player alternative to The Shade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
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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Blair Witch
Single-player alternative to The Shade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
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LOST ZION
Single-player alternative to The Shade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shade.
Lost Zion is an atmospheric cyberpunk horror game. Awakened by a faint signal as a service bot, explore the forsaken megacity of Lost Zion. Uncover the Emperor's horrific secrets. Obey your sole command: Activate the Gravity Core.