Single-player games like Aquarium Anomaly
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Aquarium Anomaly, 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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LIMINOID
Single-player alternative to Aquarium Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Aquarium Anomaly.
LIMINOID is an immersive first-person exploration game set in dream-like liminal spaces. Explore, admire and progress throughout surreal landscapes and labyrinth structures that should not exist.
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Late Shift
Single-player alternative to Aquarium Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Aquarium Anomaly.
Experience Mark’s story through found footage as he becomes stuck in a loop whilst working the late shift at the cinema. Spot the anomalies and survive the night. Ensure that every room is checked...thoroughly.
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SCP Loop
Single-player alternative to Aquarium Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Aquarium Anomaly.
You are a SCP Foundation employee. One day, you find yourself going through corridor, which suddenly starts to repeat itself. Explore SCP 970 and maybe you can escape...
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Tape 101: Liminal Descent
Single-player alternative to Aquarium Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Aquarium Anomaly.
A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.
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Afternoon Patient
Single-player alternative to Aquarium Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Aquarium Anomaly.
A first-person psychological horror game. As a patient tethered to a cold, mobile IV pole, you move through silent, haunting liminal spaces. Time feels frozen, and every step tests your rhythm, patience, and courage as you face isolation and psychological terror.
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Yatai 8
Single-player alternative to Aquarium Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Aquarium Anomaly.
An endless loop in a dark Japanese corridor. Observe every detail carefully: if everything looks normal, keep walking. If you notice even the slightest anomaly, turn back immediately. Escape the loop before it's too late.
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The Voss Clinic
Single-player alternative to Aquarium Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Aquarium Anomaly.
A psychiatric hospital. 1986. The staff are dead. The doors are open. You have no memory of how you got here or why your name is on a patient file. No monsters. No combat. Only the silence of empty corridors, and the slow realization of what was done to you.
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Still With Me
Single-player alternative to Aquarium Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Aquarium Anomaly.
A psychological horror experience about returning to a place that never forgot you.
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Chicken Up
Single-player alternative to Aquarium Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Climb. Fall. Scream. Repeat. All for a chicken that couldn’t care less.