Single-player games like Loan Shark
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Loan Shark, 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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Novalie
Single-player alternative to Loan Shark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Loan Shark.
Surreal horror themed visual novel, with lots of branching paths, blood, tears and twisted pitch-black humour. You're playing as Ashia, who's forced to marry her slimy uncle, suffering from surreal nightmares at night. Then she meets Novalie. And then things gets REALLY strange.
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Static Dread: The Submarine
Single-player alternative to Loan Shark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.
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Cataplexy
Single-player alternative to Loan Shark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
Waking up at night, the main character realizes that he cannot move. A terrible sense of panic gradually overtakes his mind, and the imagination begins to paint frightening pictures.
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The Remission of Sins
Single-player alternative to Loan Shark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
The Remission of Sins is a fully-voiced, multi-ending short horror visual novel. Depending on the player’s choice, it branches to 12 different endings.
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KEROGEN
Single-player alternative to Loan Shark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
Dredge up corpses from an oil-drenched nightmare. Lost at sea, the small crew of the 𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐒 calls for aid. Elmsfire dances in the clouds above while black beasts stir in the waves beneath. Take your meds. Hold your breath. The black sea won't let go.
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Psycholog
Single-player alternative to Loan Shark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
As a psychologist, how would you handle your clients falling victim to their own phobias? Find out in this horror visual novel infused with point-and-click gameplay elements.
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Unlighted
Single-player alternative to Loan Shark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
Unlighted is a first-person puzzle video game where you enter a dystopian world that reflects the threshold between memory and oblivion, where you experiment with the characteristics of weird materials that materialize when hit by a ray of light.
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
Single-player alternative to Loan Shark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
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Birds Watching
Single-player alternative to Loan Shark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
Singleplayer psychological horror game about bird watching. Explore the mountains, find and observe all the birds. Seek their help. Be honest. Be ruthless. They are watching.
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The Old Flesh of Nuraga
Single-player alternative to Loan Shark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Loan Shark.
First person psychological horror game about treasure hunting with Grandpa. Search among the sands of Nuraga to unearth what's driving him mad.