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Single-player games like PLACE

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to PLACE, 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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    STRANGER WITHIN - Tales of Dorothy — Steam game cover

    STRANGER WITHIN - Tales of Dorothy

    Single-player alternative to PLACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.

    Trapped in unfamiliar places, investigate your surroundings, collect clues, and combine them to solve escape room style puzzles. With the help of different personalities, uncover the mysterious story behind Dorothy in this mystery 2D point-and-click escape adventure.

    IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Third Shift — Steam game cover

    The Third Shift

    Single-player alternative to PLACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.

    In this Game Boy styled horror game, uncover the mystery of the Roanoke Museum of History and Wonder. Get lost in its maze-like exhibits, solve peculiar puzzles, and survive being hunted by grotesque creatures from the controversial Human Body Exhibit. Can you leave the museum alive?

    2026IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Broken Psyche — Steam game cover

    Broken Psyche

    Single-player alternative to PLACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.

    Play as a detective investigating his wife's disappearance. Suspecting the asylum she was researching, he infiltrates it, only to uncover a realm of horror. Solve puzzles, maintain sanity, and confront monsters as you unravel the asylum's secrets.

    2024IndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Unsought — Steam game cover

    Unsought

    Single-player alternative to PLACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.

    Unsought is a 360-degree first-person, panoramic horror-adventure game set in a regional town of Japan in the 90s. Step into the shoes of an elementary school student who has found themselves lost in an abandoned town. Will you find your way back home…?

    2024IndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Apocalypse Sacrifice — Steam game cover

    The Apocalypse Sacrifice

    Single-player alternative to PLACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.

    As an adventurer, you have unintentionally uncovered a horrifying secret hidden in the town for years. Every choice you make will shape the story and become part of your personality test. Will you be the hero who saves the villagers, or will you sacrifice them to create your own legend?

    2024IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    [Chilla's Art] The Karaoke | ヒトカラ🎤 — Steam game cover

    [Chilla's Art] The Karaoke | ヒトカラ🎤

    Single-player alternative to PLACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.

    The Karaoke | ヒトカラ is a Japanese horror game about a high school girl at a Karaoke.

    2023IndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Room Three — Steam game cover

    The Room Three

    Single-player alternative to PLACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.

    Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?

    2018IndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Last Term — Steam game cover

    Last Term

    Single-player alternative to PLACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.

    You’ve been trapped in a school by a mysterious God. Memorize your surroundings, spot the anomalies, and reach floor 0 to earn your escape.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rise of Gun — Steam game cover

    Rise of Gun

    Single-player alternative to PLACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.

    Rise of Gun - immerses you in a world of zombie apocalypse as a gun store owner. Buy parts, craft, sell, upgrade your store and hire workers. Help to humanity survive

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Where is my mom — Steam game cover

    Where is my mom

    Single-player alternative to PLACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.

    Where is my mom [/] The game tells a story about the fate of a girl who was stolen.Waking up in the house, she does not understand how she ended up there.All she wants now is to escape from captivity and find her family.A side-scrolling game.

    2021IndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fear Corporation — Steam game cover

    Fear Corporation

    Single-player alternative to PLACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.

    Fear Corporation - This is a game about the hero's fear of his phobias, the hero is terribly afraid of clowns, statues and dolls. Waking up from a nightmare at night, the hero begins to realize that he is still in a dream, because he observes all his most terrible nightmares.

    2021IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kingdom Craft — Steam game cover

    Kingdom Craft

    Single-player alternative to PLACE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLACE.

    Kingdom Craft is a survival game in a world of floating islands with unique gravity. Craft items by combining different materials, explore, build, and progress to reach the ancient portal and return home.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →