Single-player games like The Butler
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Butler, 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
Left Behind
Single-player alternative to The Butler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Butler.
LEFT BEHIND is a hyper-realistic psychological horror game where you take on the role of a real estate agent with a client looking to sell you a property. Instead of a straightforward and quick interaction with the client, you find yourself thrust into a deeply unsettling and frightening situation.
- 2
Echoes of Absence
Single-player alternative to The Butler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Butler.
A narrative psychological horror game where you'll explore different environments and fragments of your past. Solve puzzles and uncover a truth some would rather forget.
- 3
Impermanence
Single-player alternative to The Butler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Butler.
A father. A condemned theatre. A son’s voice echoing from the beyond. Step into a narrative horror game about grief, obsession, and the act of holding on as a force older than grief pushes back.
- 4
Bionics - We Will Evolve
Single-player alternative to The Butler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Butler.
Take the role of Jonas Schmidt, a private investigator trapped in a deranged professor's house. Uncover the grim secrets of human experiments and grotesque machinery, all while solving puzzles and avoiding monstrous creations. Can you escape before you become the next test subject?
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Eclipse
Single-player alternative to The Butler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Butler.
Three friends known as The Ghost Hunters are documenting abandoned locations. What begins as a normal episode suddenly turns into a nightmare inside The Holloway Mansion. Something terrifying happens, leaving Jack to survive alone in the mansion and face the horrors.
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Occupancy
Single-player alternative to The Butler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Butler.
A detective is interviewing a survivor about a night that doesn't add up. Step into their fading memory, swap between survivor and detective to find what doesn't match the evidence, and help them remember what really happened. Something is keeping the night buried, and it knows you're looking.
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In The Backrooms
Single-player alternative to The Butler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Butler.
"God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.."
- 8
The Strange Lights
Single-player alternative to The Butler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Butler.
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...