Single-player games like The Wickers House
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Wickers House, 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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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to The Wickers House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Wickers House.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
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Gray Dawn
Single-player alternative to The Wickers House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Wickers House.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to The Wickers House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Wickers House.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to The Wickers House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Wickers House.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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Close To The Sun
Single-player alternative to The Wickers House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Wickers House.
Deep in international waters, Tesla’s Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer steps aboard in search of her sister, quickly to discover not all is as it seems. A single word covers the entrance… QUARANTINE!
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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to The Wickers House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Wickers House.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to The Wickers House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Wickers House.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to The Wickers House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Wickers House.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.