Single-player games like May, Be Dead
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to May, Be Dead, 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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Inner Voice
Single-player alternative to May, Be Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with May, Be Dead.
A slow-burning first-person adventure where a mysterious narrator guides your choices through a dreamlike world of grief, symbols and secrets.
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Box of Broken Nails
Single-player alternative to May, Be Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with May, Be Dead.
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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Below, Rusted Gods
Single-player alternative to May, Be Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with May, Be Dead.
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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NIGHTSLINK
Single-player alternative to May, Be Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with May, Be Dead.
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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The Elision Effect
Single-player alternative to May, Be Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with May, Be Dead.
The Elision Effect is a short surreal puzzle game. The last person finds themselves in an empty office. The place seems off, like it shouldn’t exist. Not knowing what made everyone abandon these liminal spaces, they look for an exit.
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The Norwood Suite
Single-player alternative to May, Be Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with May, Be Dead.
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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Visage
Single-player alternative to May, Be Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with May, Be Dead.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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What Happened to Lily?
Single-player alternative to May, Be Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with May, Be Dead.
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.