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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Midnight Crane
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Salesman.
A psychological horror game where you spend a night in the shoes of an arcade worker named Marcus. Win prizes on the crane machine and shoot some hoops. Just make sure to keep the doors locked.
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Who's at the door?
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Salesman.
You are trapped in a small house, suffering from psychosis with no memory. Carefully observe your surroundings to distinguish reality from hallucinations, and overcome your illness by taking medication from visitors at the right time.
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Silent Still
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Salesman.
Silent Still is a first-person psychological horror game that delves into the terrifying experience of sleep paralysis and nightmares. You will feel the true horror that sleep paralysis can bring and the overwhelming fear it instills in a person.
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Manivore
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Salesman.
He doesn’t just hunt to kill. Manivore is not just a murderer, he is an artist. For him, death is not an outcome but a process. Can you uncover the truth within this twisted game, or will you be the next prey?
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Revenge Of The Colon
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Salesman.
Revenge of the colon is a story driven, single-player, atmospheric, body horror game with multiple endings. Perform colonoscopies on five patients and discover the horrors concealed deep within them. PS1 horror style!
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Mirror Forge
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Salesman.
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Salesman.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to The Salesman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Salesman.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.