Single-player games like Alter Animus
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Alter Animus, 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 Backworld
Single-player alternative to Alter Animus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Alter Animus.
Slip between the cracks of reality into a world where danger awaits at every turn. Survive with strategy, battling when necessary or fleeing when the odds are stacked against you. Collect strange items, unlock new abilities, and recruit unique companions. Forge your own path; every choice matters.
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Vagrant Shifter
Single-player alternative to Alter Animus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Alter Animus.
An RPG about Life, Death, and all that we leave behind...
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Second Odium
Single-player alternative to Alter Animus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Alter Animus.
Seek purpose while managing a plethora of various afflictions and personality traits in hopes to survive an endless barrage of nightmarish threats that continuously seek to consume your mind.
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RUNT
Single-player alternative to Alter Animus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Alter Animus.
RUNT is a rural gothic visual novel mystery where you follow the story of Runt, the youngest of five brothers, surviving a monstrous post-apocalypse.
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Empty Village (Part 1)
Single-player alternative to Alter Animus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Alter Animus.
A supernatural curse, or a product of distorted science? Trace the unknown entity. Within a warped reality, you must uncover the hidden side of forbidden truths using only the arrow keys and Enter."
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Because The World Died
Single-player alternative to Alter Animus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Alter Animus.
Retro pixel art RPG set in a dying world full of coldness, rats, and hard choices. Survive long enough to uncover your past... or die. Nonlinear narrative. Money and resources. Many endings. Zero mercy. Why? Because The World Died.
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LISA: The Painful
Single-player alternative to Alter Animus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Alter Animus.
The miserable journey of a broken man...
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Supernormal
Single-player alternative to Alter Animus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alter Animus.
Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.