Single-player games like The Dark Layer
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Dark Layer, 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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童谣无忌
Single-player alternative to The Dark Layer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Dark Layer.
In 1998, journalist Gu Yao comes to the mountain village of Hongluo after an anonymous letter. A nursery rhyme points to a chain of old murders. Slowly reveal the truth of the case from back then.
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The Last Question
Single-player alternative to The Dark Layer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with The Dark Layer.
The Last Question is an AI-powered detective mystery game where every question matters. Interrogate suspects freely, uncover contradictions, collect clues, and solve complex cases through your own reasoning.
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Kamiya Detective Agency: High School Girl Vanished in The Summer
Single-player alternative to The Dark Layer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Dark Layer.
A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.
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Monte Cristo: Vengeance
Single-player alternative to The Dark Layer — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A faithful investigative visual novel adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic. Follow Edmond Dantès from betrayal and imprisonment to escape, transformation and revenge. Examine historical scenes, connect evidence, solve deductions and shape his fate across an eight-act story with multiple endings.
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Netherworld: Blood Moon
Single-player alternative to The Dark Layer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Dark Layer.
You wake up shackled to a bamboo stalk in an unfamiliar forest. In the distance, something seems to be moving through the grove. You look closer... until you realize... it isn’t alive at all. One bizarre and horrifying event follows another. Under unbearable pressure, can you find a way out alive?
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Zero Trust
Single-player alternative to The Dark Layer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with The Dark Layer.
An action hacking simulator set in a fully simulated world. Choose your path, craft your own tools, exploit vulnerabilities, and build your reputation. Every company, hacker, and law enforcement agency operates independently — nothing happens by chance. Every playthrough is unique.
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Condition Unknown
Single-player alternative to The Dark Layer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Dark Layer.
A text-based psychological horror experience set inside a hospital where something is deeply wrong — and death may not be the end.
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Orbital Abyss: Cipher Division
Single-player alternative to The Dark Layer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Dark Layer.
Decipher interstellar transmissions encoded via substitution ciphers aboard Eremite Station. In this choice driven narrative, uncover secrets from planetary factions while conversing with crewmates to reveal their stories and troubles. The ripples of your choices may be felt throughout the galaxy.