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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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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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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Knee Deep
Single-player alternative to Loan Shark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
When a washed-up actor hangs himself on location, a spotlight is cast on the backwater Florida town of Cypress Knee. Your screen becomes a stage on which you investigate this mysterious death as three distinct characters.
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SHUT IN
Single-player alternative to Loan Shark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Loan Shark.
SHUT IN is a dark comedy/psychological horror adventure game which explores depression and isolation by trapping you inside your own house. Explore a hostile home, solve puzzles, and withstand sarcasm from a rude and unreliable narrator. Idiot.
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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 your grandpa. Search among the sands of Nuraga to unearth what's driving him mad. The Ancient Times are seeping out. Will you succumb to them?