Single-player games like Don't Pick Up
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Don't Pick Up, 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
- 1
Rabid Shift
Single-player alternative to Don't Pick Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Don't Pick Up.
Working as a veterinarian in a strange, rotting city, you must examine mutilated patients and find clues for the detective. Survive amidst crime and an oppressive atmosphere. A grim story where the line between a doctor's duty and complicity blurs with each passing day.
- 2
System Says Normal
Single-player alternative to Don't Pick Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Don't Pick Up.
You were hired to watch. Not to ask questions. Night shift. Corporate building. Cameras, reports, anomalies. Your predecessor left no final report. Now you're going to find out why. Please proceed.
- 3
No, I'm not a Human
Single-player alternative to Don't Pick Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Don't Pick Up.
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
- 4
Pikabuu: STOP!
Single-player alternative to Don't Pick Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Don't Pick Up.
Beni, a loving husband to Nadia and father to Kaila, always ensured his family's needs were met with simple contentment. However, one day, an unwitting decision dragged his small family into a spiral that threatens everything.
- 5
Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to Don't Pick Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Don't Pick Up.
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
- 6
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
Single-player alternative to Don't Pick Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Don't Pick Up.
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
- 7
You Are Grounded
Single-player alternative to Don't Pick Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Don't Pick Up.
"You Are Grounded" is a short psychological horror-slasher game from a first-person perspective. A terrifying killer clown terrorizes a teenager and his family on Halloween Eve.
- 8
GET EVEN
Single-player alternative to Don't Pick Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Don't Pick Up.
Take a deep breath... Try to remember: a girl, a chair, a bomb. Just keep... calm. Follow the voice into the depths of you memory. Relax... and search for the darkest memories in the deepest recesses of your mind. Can you find her? The clock is ticking... And this is just a part of the treatment.