Single-player games like AJ's Anomaly
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to AJ's Anomaly, 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 AJ's Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with AJ's Anomaly.
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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ALL LIGHT IS GONE
Single-player alternative to AJ's Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with AJ's Anomaly.
An unauthorized data breach reveals ALL LIGHT IS GONE - a deeply-intricate, found-footage psychological horror game. Enter a sentient brutalist megastructure shaped by humanity's collective subconscious. Evade unearthly entities, manage your panic, and survive the House. Be Consumed.
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Epilogue
Single-player alternative to AJ's Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with AJ's Anomaly.
In Anomalist’s story, you and Finn chase an anomaly on a planet, experiencing the mood swings of a mysterious entity that devours victims with mind games and imprisons them in its own dimension. Your choices lead to different endings
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Alyanom
Single-player alternative to AJ's Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with AJ's Anomaly.
EXPLORE 6 entropic gateways ranging from a liminal swimming pool to an empty art museum with up to 4 friends. MEMORIZE before they change each loop, then CATALOG if any ANOMALIES occur. Spaces shift from horrific entities to comedic encounters, we have no idea what's in there, that's your job.
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The Backrooms: Liminal Reality
Single-player alternative to AJ's Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with AJ's Anomaly.
Explore the backrooms and liminal spaces while trying to find your way out while you fight with the feeling like you are in a dream, or if you have just entered one of your own.
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Aisle of Shadows
Single-player alternative to AJ's Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with AJ's Anomaly.
Do not forget. It remembers more than it should. What begins as a simple task slowly unravels into something deeply unsettling. Explore the mall's deepest secrets, uncover fragments of forgotten stories, and question reality itself.
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Turning Manor
Single-player alternative to AJ's Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with AJ's Anomaly.
All you have to do is count the differences and choose an exit. Easy right? Yet strange things start happening as soon as you sign the job contract… It's up to you to uncover what is happening at Turning Manor.
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Back rooms: The old Watcher
Single-player alternative to AJ's Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with AJ's Anomaly.
This work is inspired by Exit 8, Backrooms, and liminal spaces - environments that evoke an unsettling sense of the familiar yet strange. However, is there any way out for the old man? No, there isn't.
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SAWMOUTh
Single-player alternative to AJ's Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with AJ's Anomaly.
SAWMOUTh is a linear psychological horror game that takes place in a small town. SAWMOUTh uses third person movement, free camera, environment and character based interaction, voice acting, inventory, combat, vehicle usage, and puzzle/riddle mechanics.
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Alter Evo
Single-player alternative to AJ's Anomaly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with AJ's Anomaly.
Narrative-driven psychological horror. Your therapist gets you a date with the enigmatic Brunilda. You find out that she’s being hunted by a secret society. Upgrade your weapons, battle strange enemies, and search for secrets in a futuristic town filled with mysterious, alluring characters.