Single-player games like Encryptid
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Encryptid, 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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Burning Bridges
Single-player alternative to Encryptid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
You discover a suspicious box on your parents attic. Uncover a long hidden family secret by rummaging through old homevideo and letters.
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27 Survivors
Single-player alternative to Encryptid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Encryptid.
Over a century ago, you and 99 other passengers left Earth aboard a colony ship in stasis. Now, the ship has awakened you early and you find only you and 26 other passengers remain. Make repairs and keep yourself alive while you investigate what happened to the rest of the passengers.
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Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
Single-player alternative to Encryptid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
Guide local radio hosts Poe and Munro through six TV-like episodes of supernatural strangeness and sizzling on-screen chemistry. From the creators of The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective.
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Heart of the Forest
Single-player alternative to Encryptid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
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.
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Death Come True
Single-player alternative to Encryptid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Encryptid.
Everything rides on your choices in this new wave interactive movie game. Experience a thrilling science fiction mystery in full-length live-action format—from genius creator of the "Danganronpa" series, Kazutaka Kodaka!
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The Complex
Single-player alternative to Encryptid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Encryptid.
After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.
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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to Encryptid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
Single-player alternative to Encryptid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a wholesome, creature capture, 2.5D Adventure-Puzzle-Platformer with over 30 hours of gameplay!
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Morph Girl
Single-player alternative to Encryptid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
Morph Girl is a Japanese horror inspired FMV game about loss, depression and the supernatural.