Single-player games like TAPE GLITCH
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to TAPE GLITCH, 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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Tape 101: Liminal Descent
Single-player alternative to TAPE GLITCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TAPE GLITCH.
A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.
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BLACK WALLS
Single-player alternative to TAPE GLITCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TAPE GLITCH.
Explore a silent, dark maze where observation is everything. Calm, meditative, and mysterious. Light and shadow puzzles reveal hidden paths. Carefully interpret symbolic items, choices shape your ending. Chill Mode: no monster hunts you. Horror Mode: unpredictable horror tension awaits.
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Backrooms: The M.E.G.
Single-player alternative to TAPE GLITCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TAPE GLITCH.
You are a MEG explorer seeking to uncover every accessible level and sub-level of the uncanny Backrooms. Atmospheric, captivating, oppressive and eerie locations await you - with no entities. Just you and pure liminality.
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BACK*SPACE
Single-player alternative to TAPE GLITCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with TAPE GLITCH.
You have found yourself in a space that reminds you of nothing, and everything. A space of rooms, that are both comfortingly familiar, yet strangely unknown. A space of quiet and loneliness. You have found the BACK*SPACE. You aren't sure if you are alone. You aren't sure if you want to leave.
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Dreamcore: Rabbit Hole
Single-player alternative to TAPE GLITCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TAPE GLITCH.
Walking simulator. Explore cozy liminal spaces that feel unsettlingly familiar and spark your imagination, like a dream you’ve been in before.
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POOLS
Single-player alternative to TAPE GLITCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with TAPE GLITCH.
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
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Dreamcore
Single-player alternative to TAPE GLITCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TAPE GLITCH.
Experience liminal spaces like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?
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Liminal Universe
Single-player alternative to TAPE GLITCH — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with TAPE GLITCH.
An exploration game that delves into the depths of loneliness. Wander through empty rooms, search for signs of an abandoned world, and listen to the sounds around you. No dangerous chases, just silence and an empty world to explore.