Single-player games like Take the Dream IX
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Take the Dream IX, 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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Please Love My Computer Game
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Take the Dream IX.
She waits. Explore an abandoned house in black and white as you solve cryptic puzzles and try to make discoveries. If you like to work with others to discover things, then you may like this game. I hope you love it, I really hope you do.
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Red Haze
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Take the Dream IX.
You know, my dear, it isn't safe... To wander and creep while oh so weak. In the abandoned, the rotten, the decayed. Society has forgotten you; it won't lift a finger for that which is tossed away. You're just prey that the true prowlers who lay in shadows await to feast upon.
- 3
Downfall
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Take the Dream IX.
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...
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Welcome to the Game
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Sexual Content with Take the Dream IX.
Welcome to the Game is a creepy horror/puzzle game that takes you into the world of the Deep Web. Explore the Deep Web with the sole purpose of trying to find a Red Room, an online service / website that allows you to see and participate in interactive torture and murder.
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Traum
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Take the Dream IX.
Traum is a short, story-driven adventure about a man with a dream. Can even the best of plans be shattered by unexpected news?
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Corpse Party
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Take the Dream IX.
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
- 7
MonsterxMan: Inheritence To Lust
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Take the Dream IX.
This is a semi linear adventure that takes inspiration from Shin Megami Tensei, and is big about interacting with everything and everyone around you. You can talk to enemies, and even recruit and date specific ones! All around, 6~8 hours of free RPG fun from Hexadecimal Studios.
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Catherine Classic
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Take the Dream IX.
Catherine: a tale of love, betrayal, and the terror of commitment. Experience the mature action-adventure-puzzle game unlike any other from the makers of the Persona series, now enhanced for PC in all its Classic glory. Is love over? Climb to the top or die trying.
- 9
Close Your Eyes
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Take the Dream IX.
An anthology of 7 horror tales within a connected universe. Join a murderous marshmallow bound by their past down an atmospheric descent, brought into question by an odd game show host. Follow a Witch trying to seduce her love with sweet things. Plus 5 other surprisingly twisted yet emotional tales.
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Close Me
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Take the Dream IX.
You start the game, you wake up, and eventually you will close the game. One day, you may even start the game again. That's the game.
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![Close Your Eyes [Old Version] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/377330/c8d8c555e37e28190ecd34dae23ca4b0d73ce5bc/header.jpg?t=1746732306)
Close Your Eyes [Old Version]
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Take the Dream IX.
A redux version of a 2014 Ludum Dare RPG Maker Horror Game. A poor little marshmallow escapes death row into an underground subway system, where they're asked questions by a mysterious game show host. Updated in 2025 with new content.
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The Miserable Crimson Hooded Girl
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Take the Dream IX.
Once upon a time, there was a miserable girl in a crimson hood. Her mother was unwell, so the girl was sent away to go stay with her grandmother, who lived deep within the woods in a strange house. People say that around those parts there resides a monster called the Gobbler, who preys on the weak...
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Feast Your Eyes
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Take the Dream IX.
A surreal and quiet horror tale about a murderous little marshmallow who's escaped death row. A mysterious plague that makes people stare at dirt... Creepy love letters trying to win your affection... You may have closed your eyes, but now it's time to feast.
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Found Horror Game 101.exe
Single-player alternative to Take the Dream IX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Take the Dream IX.
You'll scream in pleasure... Choke with fear! Play through 101 sick, frightening and perverted games, released in an experimental episodic format Can the curious souls brave through the hidden depths of each game to reach the shocking conclusion? Maybe what's been lost was never meant to be found...