Single-player games like Vermin God
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Vermin God, 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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Mermaids are Seafood
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vermin God.
You're a new hire at a company that sells mermaids as seafood. Bet your blood, navigate conspiracies, and cook for customers in this psychological horror game with 11 endings. Are mermaids more like fish, people, or monsters?
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Lost in the Woods
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vermin God.
'One last try' Violet is determined to save her broken marriage - at any cost!Wandering through a dark forest in search of lost mementos, she finds the world around her shifting with every step.
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Saint Maker - Horror Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vermin God.
A haunted convent. Statues that move on their own. A buried past. Welcome to Saint Idelora’s convent, where becoming a saint comes with a price.
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Mucorales
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vermin God.
An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vermin God.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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CORPSE FACTORY
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vermin God.
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
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Corpse Party (2021)
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.
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Enelia: Dawn of Madness
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vermin God.
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
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SCP: Bloodwater
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
SCP Bloodwater is a strategy management defense game inspired by the SCP Foundation's SCP-354, also known as the Red Pool. Take the role of a newly appointed Site Director at the Red Pool Containment Zone, harvest valuable organic material, and defend the facility against the Red Pool's attacks.
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JEEP HORROR
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vermin God.
Drive a traditional jeepney through the dark Philippine streets, picking up commuters under the cover of night. But some passengers aren't human. Watch for doppelgangers, serial killers, and mythological monsters. Collect weird fares, manage your cabin, and try to survive the night shift.
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NIGHT MULE
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vermin God.
Two months behind on rent. An empty fridge. Then, a desperate choice. Step into the high-stakes underbelly of financial crime as a money mule. Withdraw illicit cash, outsmart aggressive robbers, and survive the dangerous streets shift after shift. How far will you go to secure your survival?
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SCP: Darkwater
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vermin God.
A psychological horror game inspired by SCP-1128. As a young woman trapped in a surreal loop, explore your bathroom and submerge yourself in the bathtub to enter a terrifying ocean dimension inhabited by a colossal entity lurking in the depths.
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She Only Visits at Night
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vermin God.
A quiet, atmospheric slice-of-life narrative inspired by SCP-134. Work the graveyard shift at a lonely convenience store and form a gentle connection with a strange girl who only visits after dark. Fulfill her small requests, watch the store change, and find comfort in the quiet night.
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BACKROOMS: PRIMAL
Single-player alternative to Vermin God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vermin God.
The infinite yellow complex was created to secretly contain prehistoric specimens whose existence must never reach the public. Trapped in this glitching yellow maze with no confirmed boundary, you must evade uncontained prehistoric predators and find a way out before reality collapses around you.