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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The Midnight Bus
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
A short narrative horror experience, in which you find yourself in the middle of nowhere in a snowstorm without knowing what has happened to the driver or the other passengers in the vehicle, you just know that there is something out there lurking.
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Zombie Claus
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
You find yourself in a big empty house. Around the Christmas lights, but no friends, no family, and only bad Santa. Solve the mystery of the protagonist.
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Shroud of the Woods
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
A psychological horror about searching for your missing dog in a forest where the silence itself listens to your every breath from between the trees.
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Beyond Silence
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Pale Mimic.
Beyond Silence is a first-person psychological horror where you play as James, a former surgeon who returns to the house of his past. The dark rooms, creaking floors, and forgotten notes hide the horrors he himself had a hand in. But the past won't let him go and it speaks to him through the silence
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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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STRANGER
Single-player alternative to The Pale Mimic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Pale Mimic.
STRANGER is a Single-player Survival Thriller Horror Game. Choose your house and difficulty, then survive until dawn. Uncover mysterious truths about the STRANGER. Play on PC or with VR support
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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.