Single-player games like Please, Take The Phone
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Please, Take The Phone, 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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Desktop Explorer
Single-player alternative to Please, Take The Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Please, Take The Phone.
Rummage through the abandoned profiles of an old PC to unravel an inherited mystery. What secrets hide in this eerie adventure of cryptic games and outdated software? Who was using this computer? And what happened to them?
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Digital Anima: Virtual Lifeform Care Kit
Single-player alternative to Please, Take The Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Please, Take The Phone.
Digital Anima: Electronic Life Form Raising Kit is a psychological desktop invasion horror game where you raise a virtual pet on your own computer. Raise a Digima inside a tiny window on your desktop and watch the conspiracy behind its evolution and the truth about its developer slowly unravel.
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Link Cameras
Single-player alternative to Please, Take The Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Please, Take The Phone.
You work as a moderator for a strange camera website called L!nk Cameras. Watch live feeds, approve or reject cameras, follow the admin’s instructions, and uncover what hides behind each connection.
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Spamware
Single-player alternative to Please, Take The Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Please, Take The Phone.
You are sentenced to 30,000 hours in prison. Earn your freedom by identifying and reporting spam.
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Home Safety Hotline
Single-player alternative to Please, Take The Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Please, Take The Phone.
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards.
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Life Eater
Single-player alternative to Please, Take The Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Please, Take The Phone.
If you don't sacrifice your neighbors, the world ends. Life Eater is a horror fantasy kidnapping simulator where you must become intimately familiar with your targets' lives one intrusive action at a time... and hope that the dark god you serve is even real.
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SIMULACRA 2
Single-player alternative to Please, Take The Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Please, Take The Phone.
A dead influencer. An obsessed detective. Three suspects. Piece the truth together by going through the victim’s phone messages, videos, and social media in the follow up to the critically acclaimed SIMULACRA.
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The Horrorscope: Fatal Awakening
Single-player alternative to Please, Take The Phone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Please, Take The Phone.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal your potential fate. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Horrorscope, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?