Single-player games like The Guest
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Guest, 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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Homesick
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Guest.
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
- 2
The Room
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Guest.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
- 3
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Guest.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
- 4
The Suicide of Rachel Foster
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Guest.
Coming back to the family hotel after years, a young woman finds herself trapped with the ghosts from her past and an old cellular telephone as the only way to unveil a terrible truth.
- 5
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Guest.
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
- 6
Decay: The Mare
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Guest.
Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…
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The Station
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Guest.
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
- 8
Year Walk
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Guest.
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
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Solo
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Guest.
Solo is an introspective puzzler set on a gorgeous and surreal archipelago. Reflect on your loving relationships by exploring contemplative, dream-like islands.