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Single-player games like Clifton

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Clifton, 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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    Cave Expedition — Steam game cover

    Cave Expedition

    Single-player alternative to Clifton — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Clifton.

    The Ultimate Caving Simulator. Experience dry and wet caving as you descend into tight squeezes, massive chambers, and uncharted depths. The deeper you go, the more upgrades & equipment you need ... and every decisions matters!

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    Blind Descent — Steam game cover

    Blind Descent

    Single-player alternative to Clifton — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Clifton.

    Blind Descent is an open-world survival adventure into the mysteries of the Martian depths. Play solo or with friends in 4-player co-op as you search for the missing team. Adapt to survive by building custom tools, upgrading your base, and/or mutating in this bizarre alien world.

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    That Which Remains — Steam game cover

    That Which Remains

    Single-player alternative to Clifton — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Clifton.

    1–4 player sci-fi ghost-hunting horror extraction sim with proximity voice chat. Travel across time to extract resources, identify and capture hostile entities as fuel for a supposed future utopia. Speak to entities using your voice, upgrade your prison, craft tools, and meet a rising daily quota.

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    The Hole Never Ends — Steam game cover

    The Hole Never Ends

    Single-player alternative to Clifton — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Clifton.

    An intense VR adventure where you crawl through twisting caves, face unseen terrors, evade creatures, mine for relics, and upgrade your gear as you descend deeper into the hole.

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    BRO GHOST — Steam game cover

    BRO GHOST

    Single-player alternative to Clifton — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Clifton.

    When you die, you don't leave the game. You become one of the deadliest things in it. A co-op horror for 4 players — return as a spirit, help your friends, or haunt them until they break.

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    Elysium — Steam game cover

    Elysium

    Single-player alternative to Clifton — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Clifton.

    Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!

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    Pichhal Peri — Steam game cover

    Pichhal Peri

    Single-player alternative to Clifton — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Clifton.

    A haveli frozen since 1985. No one who enters ever leaves. Dare to face the darkness of an abandoned Indian heritage haveli — where Pichhal Peri hunts you through every shadow, every corridor, every room. "YOUR VOICE IS YOUR ONLY WEAPON"

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    Backrooms: Rogue 0 — Steam game cover

    Backrooms: Rogue 0

    Single-player alternative to Clifton — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Clifton.

    A routine expedition into the Backrooms goes silent. You are the last call. Now trapped in endless corridors that loop into themselves, you’ll soon realize you are not alone. Something moves heremany things—and none of them can be fought. Your only hope is to stay unseen. Never trust what you see.

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