Single-player games like The Walks We Used To Take
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Walks We Used To Take, 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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Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Single-player alternative to The Walks We Used To Take — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Walks We Used To Take.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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Below, Rusted Gods
Single-player alternative to The Walks We Used To Take — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Walks We Used To Take.
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to The Walks We Used To Take — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Walks We Used To Take.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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Gone Home
Single-player alternative to The Walks We Used To Take — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Walks We Used To Take.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.
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PROXIMATE
Single-player alternative to The Walks We Used To Take — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Walks We Used To Take.
Congratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor. Use it to explore the Neuras lab and recover the staff's research. Your visor is safe, reliable, and up to 99% accurate. Just don't ask why the "ketchup" in the corner makes such a horrible crunching sound.
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DREAM LOGIC
Single-player alternative to The Walks We Used To Take — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Walks We Used To Take.
DREAM LOGIC is a story driven first-person atmospheric horror game which takes place in liminal spaces. Explore various nostalgic, dreamlike, uncanny environments. But don't feel too safe, there's a sneaky creature watching your every move.
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INFRA
Single-player alternative to The Walks We Used To Take — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Walks We Used To Take.
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
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Kholat
Single-player alternative to The Walks We Used To Take — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Walks We Used To Take.
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
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Wonder Warp
Single-player alternative to The Walks We Used To Take — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Walks We Used To Take.
An Alien Threat Has Emerged in the City of Cynosure! Run and gun through a series of mazes to defeat the monsters.