Single-player games like Shoku Pain
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Shoku Pain, 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
- 1
Animaly Bar: NO HUMANITY!
Single-player alternative to Shoku Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Shoku Pain.
Run your bar as a gorilla and hunt down the humans in animal costumes hiding among your customers. Observe them closely, spot the clues that give their disguises away, test their slogans, and blow the imposters away with your shotgun. Choose your targets wisely... or become the hunted.
- 2
Is Guilty
Single-player alternative to Shoku Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shoku Pain.
A psychological horror job simulator. Serve coffee at a lonely drive-thru. But when a mysterious email arrives, your shift changes. Watch the cars. Check the plates. Someone in line is hiding a dark secret, and something else is watching you from the dark.
- 3
4am
Single-player alternative to Shoku Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shoku Pain.
A tiny gimbap café in a back alley, lights on until 4 a.m. Lured by oddly high pay, you take the night shift — greet customers, cook, walk home through the dark. Night by night, something slips out of place. Where did the last clerk go?
- 4
Fear Night Tales - Brothers Kebab Saloon
Single-player alternative to Shoku Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shoku Pain.
You are the person who looks after the kebab shop because your brother is sick. You learn how to make kebabs and get to know the customers. But there seems to be something strange here...
- 5
Cursed Gas Station
Single-player alternative to Shoku Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shoku Pain.
Night shift alone at a cursed gas station. Pump gas, stock shelves, clean, and work the register. But you are not alone. An authentic job simulator fused with psychological horror where you must maintain the routine to survive the anomalies watching you.
- 6
The Smoothie Shop
Single-player alternative to Shoku Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Shoku Pain.
You are the new owner of The Smoothie Shop. Now it's your turn to keep the family's business alive. In endless rain, you must work the night shift and serve smoothies to your customers. But the shop isn't the only thing you inherited.
- 7
Purrfect Bliss
Single-player alternative to Shoku Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Shoku Pain.
Alex is desperate. To save his sick mother, he takes a job at Marilyn's trendy cat cafe. But five years ago, his father died here among others. Serve coffee, follow the rules, and survive the night shift to uncover the dark truth behind the cafe's perfect image.
- 8
DON'T OPEN
Single-player alternative to Shoku Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shoku Pain.
DONT OPEN is a PSX-style horror game about routine that falls apart before your eyes. A normal shift at a taco bar, an empty stairwell, and a persistent knock on the door that's impossible to ignore. Based on real events.