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Single-player games like Awake

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Awake, 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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    Nathan Morgan: Dilemma — Steam game cover

    Nathan Morgan: Dilemma

    Single-player alternative to Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Awake.

    Nathan Morgan: Dilemma is a single-player detective game. Detective Nathan Morgan, stationed in the state, is assigned to follow the trail of the mysterious murder at the Bennett mansion. Our goal is to find the killer by making use of the clues.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.90 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Theory of Poltaran — Steam game cover

    Theory of Poltaran

    Single-player alternative to Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Awake.

    Theory of Poltaran is an action - adventure game where players can explore the surroundings of locations, participate in battles with creatures from laboratories, as well as fully immerse themselves in a fantastic plot.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project 7: Escape Room — Steam game cover

    Project 7: Escape Room

    Single-player alternative to Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Awake.

    An escape room inspired adventure. Play as an investigator exploring the mysterious disappearance of a physicist involved in a secretive experiment known as Project 7. Explore the mansion, observe carefully, and use your puzzle-solving skills to uncover the truth behind Dr. Hillman's vanishing.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spooky Tales: Nini's Teddy — Steam game cover

    Spooky Tales: Nini's Teddy

    Single-player alternative to Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Awake.

    Uncover the terrifying truth behind a cursed teddy bear in this first-person psychological horror adventure. Explore a haunted mansion, solve puzzles, survive supernatural encounters, and uncover Nini's tragic story in Chapter One of the Spooky Tales series.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ELYSIUM : Blue Den Mansion — Steam game cover

    ELYSIUM : Blue Den Mansion

    Single-player alternative to Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Awake.

    A first-person psychological horror game where you explore a mysterious mansion, solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets, and survive a terrifying creature lurking in the shadows.

    2026IndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bionics - We Will Evolve — Steam game cover

    Bionics - We Will Evolve

    Single-player alternative to Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Awake.

    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?

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PENGUIN HOTEL -Chapter 1- — Steam game cover

    PENGUIN HOTEL -Chapter 1-

    Single-player alternative to Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Awake.

    You have been invited to the popular “Penguin Hotel”. There, you get caught up in a terrifying event. Solve puzzles and battle with a special camera! Experience a very strange penguin horror.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ARTIFICIAL — Steam game cover

    ARTIFICIAL

    Single-player alternative to Awake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Awake.

    ARTIFICIAL is a physics based first-person puzzle platformer inspired by Portal & Half-Life series. Interact with the environment, pick up and throw objects, sneak around enemies, control intricate physics-based mechanisms and learn how to survive in the underground colony of the Asteroid 2031 XT

    2027ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →