Single-player games like The Salesman
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Salesman, 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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White Room Protocol
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Salesman.
A psychological first-person horror game where you enter a memory-erasing protocol and relive a trauma. Uncover dark secrets, and experience fear through immersive atmosphere.
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RESTORER
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Salesman.
RESTORER is a classic walking simulator set in an old, atmospheric mansion. Something roams the halls… It wants to share its secret—with the price being your sanity.
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The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Salesman.
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
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Pieces of me
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Salesman.
“Pieces of Me” is not a classic horror game with jump scares, but a psychological thriller-drama in the walking simulator genre. It is a spin-off of “September 7th”
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Silent Still 2
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Salesman.
Silent Still 2 is a first-person psychological horror that traps you in the paralyzing nightmare of sleep paralysis. Helpless and unable to escape, you’ll face unspeakable entities that watch, whisper, and move when you can’t. Blurring the line between waking and something far worse
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Hazing - Night Shift
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Salesman.
A young police officer arrives at a country house after a disturbing call... This VHS tape captures the horrors that happened to him.
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Rise of Insanity
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Salesman.
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
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In My Head
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Salesman.
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!