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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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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Late Shift
Single-player alternative to Encryptid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Encryptid.
Late Shift is a high stakes FMV crime thriller. Forced into a brutal London heist, your choices matter in this interactive cinematic experience with adaptable storylines that lead to one of seven conclusions. Your decisions are you.
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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.