Single-player games like STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence, 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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Sí Jefe
Single-player alternative to STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sí Jefe (Yes boss) is a first-person roguelike set in Mexico where drugs will be your best (or worst) ally. Explore a world where every day is a unique, bizarre, and chaotic adventure. No risk, no gain!
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War Fantasy
Single-player alternative to STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence.
A psychological horror game where a demented commanding officer controls your every move, and the line between war simulation and real war dissolves into impossible, stunning spaces. You are not a soldier. You are being made into one.
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Nightmare Within
Single-player alternative to STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence.
Nightmare Within - Immerse yourself in the dark and unsettling atmosphere of psychological horror. Explore shifting locations, uncover fragments of memories, and reveal a story where reality fractures under the weight of guilt.
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Torizon Telecom
Single-player alternative to STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence.
Torizon Telecom is a text-based FPS game set in a vast world composed entirely of text. “Telecom”—a world where everything is text. “Telecom”... But does any other world exist beyond “Telecom”...? Or is “Telecom” the only one that exists...?
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ReEvolution Project
Single-player alternative to STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A singleplayer story-driven horror game set in a desolate post-apocalyptic world. Explore a decaying abandoned house, scavenging for supplies and uncovering fragments of its story. Solve environmental puzzles that challenge your perception, and decide how deep you're willing to dig.
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Clinical Memory
Single-player alternative to STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence.
This is not just a walking simulator. This is a new genre: a memory simulator. Explore Ward 7B, survive distorted cycles, collect fragments of memory, and face a truth that changes everything at the end.
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The Backrooms Project
Single-player alternative to STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence.
Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?
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Barbotine
Single-player alternative to STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with STAY: Possession • Obsession • Permanence.
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.