Single-player games like The Pale Mimic
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Pale Mimic, 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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Glacial
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
1988, a chill is in the air, and fear hides in the dark. Glacial is an 80s VHS slasher inspired first person horror where you must brave unimaginable terrors lurking in the shadows to discover the truth
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KELDER
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
Trapped in a sinister post-Soviet basement, uncover the truth behind dark experiments and eerie anomalies. Solve puzzles, find keys, and survive against terrifying entities as you explore this atmospheric survival horror. Can you escape the depths of the KELDER?
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EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
You are the exploration team from company Async, you arrive to reported anomaly place and searching for anomalies, but what would you find? Prepare yourself for a gripping and heart-pounding adventure in EXPEDITION TO THE BACKROOMS, where every step could be your last.
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Abandoned Souls
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.
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There's Something In The Ice
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
In 2015, three scientists at the Antarctic research station "Zarya" drilled into the ice to a depth of 2 kilometers and took samples for study... It seems that what they found was not at all what they were looking for...
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Hollow Cocoon
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!
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GAT RAT
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Pale Mimic.
A rat with a massive arsenal. Cook up your favorite combination of guns, spells, and perks to casually annihilate your enemies throughout the realms.
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Whispering Fog
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
Whispering Fog is a first person psychological horror game set in an ever-changing forest shrouded in fog. A quiet getaway becomes a sinister nightmare as the illusion of safety and solitude slowly crumbles around you.
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Withered Haven
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
Withered Haven is a first-person psychological horror game. After the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, a broken man struggles to endure a collapsing reality. Familiar apparitions drift closer, echoing memories that mask a darkness beyond comprehension.