Single-player games like RUNT
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to RUNT, 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
- 1
A Trans-Siberian Tea
Single-player alternative to RUNT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with RUNT.
Snowbound for decades, a Trans-Siberian train holds its passengers exactly as they died. Talk to the frozen dead. Uncover the identity of a legendary thief. Decide how far you're willing to go for the truth.
- 2
Chiasmus
Single-player alternative to RUNT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with RUNT.
Viktor finds himself in a mysterious apartment with no way out. He discovers an amazing ability to move between two parallel worlds. This discovery helps him piece together the scattered fragments of what is happening and find the key to solving the mystery.
- 3
Willows: A Dream of Shadows
Single-player alternative to RUNT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RUNT.
A tale of two siblings struggling to survive their present and heal from their past. Just how long can they ignore that which haunts them? "Willows: A Dream of Shadows" is a psychological gothic horror visual novel puzzle game, featuring hand drawn assets, and a episodic branching story-line.
- 4
Remnants of Dawn
Single-player alternative to RUNT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with RUNT.
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
- 5
Echoes
Single-player alternative to RUNT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with RUNT.
Echoes is a 2D narrative game where you play as Ricky Fox, a detective haunted by the death of his best friend, Arthur. Step into Greenhearth, a small town full of secrets, and make choices that will shape your investigation. Will you crack the case with your sanity intact?
- 6
DOPROS
Single-player alternative to RUNT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with RUNT.
DOPROS is a dark, Orwellian interrogation experience. Will you break and give it all away, or will you try to get free? It's only up to you, but keep in mind, your every word may and will be used against you…
- 7
Evidence Officer
Single-player alternative to RUNT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with RUNT.
A mystery adventure game where you investigate 3D evidence and uncover the truth behind each case through the clues left behind.
- 8
Deathwish Bloom
Single-player alternative to RUNT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with RUNT.
In this hand-drawn romance-mystery visual novel, play as Sky, a love-struck impostor scientist born into a quake-ridden world. Survive your own secrets in a last-ditch attempt to recreate a cure only you remember existed. Let in characters whose obsessions can both aid and destroy you.