Single-player games like Red Balloon
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Red Balloon, 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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The Mare of Jonah
Single-player alternative to Red Balloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Balloon.
A first-person psychological horror game where a young boy is trapped in a haunted, decaying mansion. Run, hide, and outsmart vengeful spirits as you uncover dark, twisted secrets. Can you survive the nightmare that waits in every shadow?
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Wordless Forest
Single-player alternative to Red Balloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Balloon.
You are alone in the forest. You remember nothing. In this live-action interactive survival thriller, the story is written not by dialogue, but by your choices.
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Back：Fade
Single-player alternative to Red Balloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Balloon.
《Back：Fade》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy ！！！！ The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.
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Hazing - Night Shift
Single-player alternative to Red Balloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Red Balloon.
A young police officer arrives at a country house after a disturbing call... This VHS tape captures the horrors that happened to him.
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规则怪谈：盛崖小区
Single-player alternative to Red Balloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Balloon.
这是一款怪谈类剧情游戏。在宏大的原创世界观下你需要一步步探索盛崖小区的“全貌”，你能做到仅仅是依靠“规则”在这里觅得一线生机。你可以假装无事发生，安然度日；也可以想尽办法，逃出生天；或许你也可以直面它，成为它的一部分……但无论如何，请你记住，保持理智，遵守规则。
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Lost Luminosity
Single-player alternative to Red Balloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Balloon.
The inheritance following his mother’s death turns into a series of mysterious events for Sam. Neighbors are complaining about strange noises and unexplained phenomena in the empty apartment. Intrigued, he decides to investigate what’s going on there himself.
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V696
Single-player alternative to Red Balloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Red Balloon.
V696 is a first-person horror-thriller game. It contains a cult subject of veiled beings. Even if everything seems clear at first glance, it has a gripping story that will throw you a curve.
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Heart of the Forest
Single-player alternative to Red Balloon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red Balloon.
An ill-fated hiking trip spirals into a chilling fight for survival in this interactive psychological horror movie, inspired by centuries-old tales of vengeful spirits from Germany’s Black Forest.