Single-player games like DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition, 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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Silence of the Sleep
Single-player alternative to DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition.
You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.
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Keep in Mind: Remastered
Single-player alternative to DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition.
Keep in Mind follows Jonas, a man haunted by alcoholism, depression, and grief. One night, he awakens to a shadowy mirror world where beasts lurk and stars don't shine. Lost and scared, Jonas must face the twisted beasts if he ever wishes to return home and learn the truth about his darkness.
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Afterdream
Single-player alternative to DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition.
Get lost in a lucid dream, bending the lines between reality and fiction. Utilize the strange camera to navigate through the ghosts' mysterious residence. Find the purpose of your nocturnal visit in a vivid and dreamlike setting.
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Vlad Circus: Descend Into Madness
Single-player alternative to DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition.
Vlad Circus: Descend into Madness puts your sanity to the test, challenging you to escape a labyrinth of nightmares and torment. Test your mind against a slow burn of puzzles, light survival mechanics, and methodical action.
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Lydia
Single-player alternative to DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition.
Award winning emotional visual novel about a little girl in a world of adults. How can you find a monster you can’t see?
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Midnight Scenes: The Nanny
Single-player alternative to DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition.
The Nanny is a short interactive horror story about the supernatural. Follow siblings Oliver and Tina in their quest to find their nanny after she disappears in the middle of the night. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
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Monochroma
Single-player alternative to DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition.
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
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DISTRAINT 2
Single-player alternative to DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition.
You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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Drive Me to Hell
Single-player alternative to DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition.
As the night darkens and you set out for home, an unsettling occurrence takes place on the road. Will this lead you to hell? Unveil the truth in a bone-chilling driving horror game that will keep you on the edge of your seat!
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Heal
Single-player alternative to DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition.
Guide an old man through the dark and atmospheric world of Heal in this abstract 2D puzzle-adventure point-and-click game.
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Without a Dawn
Single-player alternative to DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition.
Without a Dawn is a dark, psychological, and philosophical visual horror novel featuring hauntingly beautiful pseudo-ASCII art.