Single-player games like The Silent Witness
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Silent Witness, 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
- 1
Nowhere Near
Single-player alternative to The Silent Witness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Silent Witness.
Do you believe in ghosts? As a skeptical video blogger, you will travel to France to one of the most cursed places - the abandoned Lagarde psychiatric hospital. Will you be able to capture something. or someone.
- 2
Paraplasm: Beyond the Veil
Single-player alternative to The Silent Witness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Silent Witness.
You fell into this cursed house! But will you be able to cope with the paranormal activity? Solve the puzzles and try to find your way out!
- 3
Demonologist
Single-player alternative to The Silent Witness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Silent Witness.
Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.
- 4
Phasmophobia
Single-player alternative to The Silent Witness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Silent Witness.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
- 5
Lost Lullabies: The Orphanage Chronicles
Single-player alternative to The Silent Witness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Silent Witness.
"Lost Lullabies - The Orphanage Chronicles" is a Co-Op horror game set in 1980, inspired by the real stories of an orphanage ruined by a fire in 1960 Lowell. Playable with 1-4 players, the goal is to identify and expel malevolent spirits alone or with your team.
- 6
V696
Single-player alternative to The Silent Witness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Silent Witness.
V696 is a first-person horror-thriller game. It contains a cult subject of veiled beings. Even if everything seems clear at first glance, it has a gripping story that will throw you a curve.
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MetaPhysical
Single-player alternative to The Silent Witness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Silent Witness.
Supernatural phenomena are on the rise. In MetaPhysical you and up to 5 other friends can go on the hunt for eerie creatures to put an end to their sinister activities! Whether it's an ordinary ghost or a demon, your task is to identify the rumbling creature and then finish it off.
- 8
Puppet House
Single-player alternative to The Silent Witness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Silent Witness.
Puppet House is a puzzle-adventure horror with escape room elements. A freak ritual creates a killer puppet, murdering anyone who enters the ventriloquist’s mansion. Detective Rick, seeking missing locals, will soon face his greatest horror.
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Grinny’s Playhouse
Single-player alternative to The Silent Witness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Silent Witness.
Enter Grinny’s Playhouse, a once‑lively children’s fun centre now abandoned after its mysterious shutdown. Explore the dark party rooms and uncover what happened here. But be careful… the mascot who once entertained families hasn’t fully powered down.