Single-player games like GRINDWORM
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to GRINDWORM, 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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Whale Flesh
Single-player alternative to GRINDWORM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with GRINDWORM.
A short horror game where you dig through the flesh of a giant whale
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VOID CRAWLER
Single-player alternative to GRINDWORM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with GRINDWORM.
Void Crawler is a horror game set in a dystopian future, where you pilot a vehicle nicknamed 'The Mole' into a mysterious void deep within the Earth to collect an extremely valuable material for a company dedicated to solving the world's energy crisis.
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A Game About Breaking A Cube
Single-player alternative to GRINDWORM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with GRINDWORM.
Take a role of a factory worker opressed by an evil corporation. Break stranger and stranger cubes in pursuit of ore and truth. Upgrade your tools, explore the underground facilty and learn the secret of NullCorp. Later, relax at home with the cold can of drinkable meat.
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DEAD LETTER DEPT.
Single-player alternative to GRINDWORM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with GRINDWORM.
Working at a data entry job in the big city, you type up and transcribe the lost mail and letters that have nowhere else to go. But as the days carry on oddities in the mail start to emerge, and cracks begin to appear.
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The Door in the Basement
Single-player alternative to GRINDWORM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with GRINDWORM.
The Door in the Basement is an atmospheric pixelated horror game set in a mysterious subterranean world.
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NIGHTSLINK
Single-player alternative to GRINDWORM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with GRINDWORM.
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
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REPOSE
Single-player alternative to GRINDWORM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with GRINDWORM.
In the facility, each step, each shot, each mistake costs precious energy. Rendered entirely in black and white, this mystery can be unravelled. The puzzle can be solved. Don't ask who tried to solve it before. Do the job. Find oxygen and sleep. Go deeper. And don't ask about Aaron.
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Year Walk
Single-player alternative to GRINDWORM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with GRINDWORM.
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
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Dead Season
Single-player alternative to GRINDWORM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with GRINDWORM.
Guide a group of unprepared strangers through the apocalypse, in Dead Season, a turn-based tactics adventure, created by the one-man studio Snail Bite. Plan carefully to outlast swarming zombie hordes, but remember: noise attracts danger. Can you escape the outbreak's deadly grip?