Single-player games like POOLSIDE MEMORY
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to POOLSIDE MEMORY, 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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Memories Loaming
Single-player alternative to POOLSIDE MEMORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLSIDE MEMORY.
A horror anthology about people working along a remote highway in Labrador, Canada. Try to remain balanced and lucid at your normal job. Also, there's a bear.
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Kohate
Single-player alternative to POOLSIDE MEMORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLSIDE MEMORY.
Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex.
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Yakyosho - Terror and escape at school
Single-player alternative to POOLSIDE MEMORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLSIDE MEMORY.
A simple Japanese horror game, with horrible creatures, not very complex puzzles, and an unwelcoming atmosphere! Have sweet nightmares...
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V.E.N.T.
Single-player alternative to POOLSIDE MEMORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLSIDE MEMORY.
Welcome to your first shift inside a failing ventilation network. Complete routine maintenance, navigate through procedurally generated vent layouts, and try not to think about the sounds echoing through the ducts.
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Another Eye
Single-player alternative to POOLSIDE MEMORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLSIDE MEMORY.
Another EYE is where your intelligence will help you escape from the creatures in the different locations, but you have an ability that by eating one eye you can see with the eyes of the creatures that are chasing you, by breaking 10 statues you can get out of there. can you do it?
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Those Who Remain
Single-player alternative to POOLSIDE MEMORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLSIDE MEMORY.
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
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Fear the Spotlight
Single-player alternative to POOLSIDE MEMORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLSIDE MEMORY.
Fear the Spotlight is an atmospheric third-person horror adventure with a disturbing mystery to unravel. Sneak into school after hours with Vivian and Amy, survive a séance gone wrong, solve tactile puzzles, and, whatever you do, stay out of the spotlight…
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Narcosis
Single-player alternative to POOLSIDE MEMORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLSIDE MEMORY.
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
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NULL DUN
Single-player alternative to POOLSIDE MEMORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with POOLSIDE MEMORY.
A roguelike deck-building RPG. Delve into procedurally generated dungeons, hone your deck with a wide array of cards, and fight for survival. Full Steam Workshop support lets you craft and share your own dungeons. But deep in the Void Dungeon, a fate worse than death awaits the women ensnared by the tentacles—to become "seedbeds.
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Lofi Lagoon
Single-player alternative to POOLSIDE MEMORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with POOLSIDE MEMORY.
Every tool for deep work in one app — pomodoro, to‑dos, calendar, habits, notes, subscription tracking, and a lightweight spreadsheet you'll actually use — wrapped in lo‑fi music and a living sea. Pop any tool onto a second monitor; export to CSV anytime. Buy once, no subscription, works offline.
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memu is space cat
Single-player alternative to POOLSIDE MEMORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with POOLSIDE MEMORY.
The space cat memu just drifts through dazzling sights and music. Every time, the music and the space are freshly generated — just space out and watch. 'Drift' mode: leave it on like a BGM. 'Journey' mode: tilt a star and roll memu around inside. Sink into the unknown — in a universe you like, in the mode you like. — Background for work.
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NEVER HAPPENED
Single-player alternative to POOLSIDE MEMORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with POOLSIDE MEMORY.
“If no one notices, it's art history.” — Now you haul masterpieces. Rule one: never leave a scratch. But hands slip — and this company has a tradition. Paint over it. Three minutes to hide the tear before the inspector arrives. 100 real masterpieces with the free DLC. Daily runs, 4-player battles.
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IJIN: History Survivors
Single-player alternative to POOLSIDE MEMORY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with POOLSIDE MEMORY.
Who's the strongest in history? Become Napoleon, Musashi, or Cleopatra and mow down huge hordes in survivors-style action. Just move — attacks are automatic. Evolve each legend's weapon into their myth. Ice at Austerlitz, fog at Sekigahara rewrite the battlefield. 4-player online/local co-op.