Single-player games like The Long Way Round
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Long Way Round, 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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Dead Faces
Single-player alternative to The Long Way Round — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Way Round.
Dead Faces is a mind bending psychological horror. Unravel Jack's disturbing mind, the faces from his past and the ultimate truth behind his actions. You must remember their faces.
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Soul of Savarog
Single-player alternative to The Long Way Round — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Way Round.
Soul of Savarog includes four of Twisted Universe's mobile horror thriller games. All of these plays tell the story of Savarog. Play Savarog, Savarog 2, Rule and Savarog 3 respectively.
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Abyss Chamber
Single-player alternative to The Long Way Round — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Long Way Round.
Fulfill the requests of the abyss entity. Overcome your fears and survive long enough to solve the mystery. Abyss Chamber is a lore-rich, first-person psychological Horror game that takes place in an underground research facility.
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Who's Lila?
Single-player alternative to The Long Way Round — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Way Round.
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
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Strange Antiquities
Single-player alternative to The Long Way Round — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Way Round.
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
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Heaven Does Not Respond
Single-player alternative to The Long Way Round — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Long Way Round.
Heaven Does Not Respond is a psychological and analog horror game set in an alternate 2005 timeline. Play as an intelligence agent, exploring a retro computer interface to decipher secret files, watch mysterious videos, and uncover the dark secrets behind a young man's death.
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Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to The Long Way Round — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Way Round.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
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Observer: System Redux
Single-player alternative to The Long Way Round — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Way Round.
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.