Single-player games like POOLIMINAL
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to POOLIMINAL, 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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What Happened to Lily?
Single-player alternative to POOLIMINAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLIMINAL.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
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Box of Broken Nails
Single-player alternative to POOLIMINAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLIMINAL.
First-person psychological horror about ignorance and attempts. Protect yourself as a lone carpenter, hastily look for materials in your house to board up a door that shouldn’t exist. At any cost.
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The Strange Lights
Single-player alternative to POOLIMINAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLIMINAL.
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
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No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
Single-player alternative to POOLIMINAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLIMINAL.
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
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The Norwood Suite
Single-player alternative to POOLIMINAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLIMINAL.
Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.
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NIGHTSLINK
Single-player alternative to POOLIMINAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLIMINAL.
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
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Don't Play This
Single-player alternative to POOLIMINAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLIMINAL.
Five scary stories, but they all have the same ending. Can you play it? A psychological horror game from the first person, which few will pass.
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Limoria
Single-player alternative to POOLIMINAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLIMINAL.
Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?