Single-player games like Headache: Altered States
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Headache: Altered States, 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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Fear Of Mine 001 (Novel)
Single-player alternative to Headache: Altered States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Headache: Altered States.
Fear of Mine - a visual novel in the genre of adventure and horror. An alien mushroom creature has brought you under his influence, and now it seems to take over the whole world. Can you escape its grasp? Can you survive? Can you at least save others from falling prey to the same fate as yours?
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Crescent Roll
Single-player alternative to Headache: Altered States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Headache: Altered States.
The all-in-one, super-sweet, physics-based, gravity-altering, action-packed, fully-customizable, bite-sized 2D marble racing game.
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You Shouldn't Be Here
Single-player alternative to Headache: Altered States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Headache: Altered States.
This short psychedelic visual novel takes place in a strange world inhabited by harrowing creatures shunned by the light. You’ll meet someone who has made this world their own, and in doing so, learn the reason why you shouldn't be there.
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The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2
Single-player alternative to Headache: Altered States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Headache: Altered States.
The Dream Machine is an award-winning point & click adventure game about exploring other people's dreams. It's built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli.
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How to #### a Man
Single-player alternative to Headache: Altered States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Headache: Altered States.
Axelle spends most of her life inside her room : watching anime, scrolling on forums online and playing video games. She desperately wants a boyfriend. You are her conscience, help her attain that goal.
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Distortions
Single-player alternative to Headache: Altered States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Headache: Altered States.
Use the power of music to reawaken long forgotten memories in Distortions, a story-driven journey through a world of unparalleled beauty.
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QUICKERFLAK
Single-player alternative to Headache: Altered States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Headache: Altered States.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
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Lucid Blocks
Single-player alternative to Headache: Altered States — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Headache: Altered States.
Explore, build, and survive in a cryptic expanse oozing with dreamlike oddities and esoteric critters.