Single-player games like DETSTVO
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to DETSTVO, 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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G.O.P.O.T.A 2
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DETSTVO.
Don't you keep the kid's word?!
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SCP Loop
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with DETSTVO.
You are a SCP Foundation employee. One day, you find yourself going through corridor, which suddenly starts to repeat itself. Explore SCP 970 and maybe you can escape...
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Nightmare Within
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DETSTVO.
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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Paranormal Meatball Simulator
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETSTVO.
An unhinged paranormal simulation of a spicy Turkish meatball stuck on a ceiling! Survive a 16-day cryptic loop filled with ghosts, reality-bending physics, and a cosmic UFO escape plan. After this, you will never throw food at your ceiling again!
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KharkivVision 2035
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with DETSTVO.
The line between the real Kharkiv of 2019 and the futuristic visions of 2035 is gradually blurring. Which of this is real life, and which is merely a sanctuary for a mind seeking salvation?
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Project: Another Use — Graftage
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETSTVO.
GRAFTAGE is a solarpunk hacking game where a bug has turned an office building into a cage. As you hack the corrupted machines through puzzles within their allotted runtimes, you bring the trapped denizens of the office building one step closer to freedom with each win you make against the virus.
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Fear Night Tales - Brothers Kebab Saloon
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DETSTVO.
You are the person who looks after the kebab shop because your brother is sick. You learn how to make kebabs and get to know the customers. But there seems to be something strange here...
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3 Switch Problem
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETSTVO.
A casual, 3D, observation and puzzle game. Flip switches and observe results to answer which switch is controlling an apparatus as you work your way through the nine challenges of the 3-Switch Problem Puzzle Park. Talk to other kids and play outdoor activities along the way.
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G.O.P.O.T.A
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DETSTVO.
And you're a chubby guy?
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Russian Village Simulator
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DETSTVO.
This is a simulator of life in the Russian countryside, where the player will be engaged in the garden, picking mushrooms and berries, collect firewood, hunting and fishing, brew moonshine and much, much more.
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IKO 39
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DETSTVO.
Find out what happened at the station, which had lost contact with the Earth. EMI – the artificial intelligence of the station – will help you to solve the mystery. But be careful. You are not alone on the planet...
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DarkHouse
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETSTVO.
This is not a typical corridor horror, but a game in a semi-open world with horror elements. You will have to perform a reverse ritual in a psychiatric clinic in order to banish the creepy Doctor back to Hell! Especially in the Nightmare mode, a real hardcore awaits you!
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Unnatural: Benighted
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DETSTVO.
Two friends investigate the disappearance of people and encounter unexplained phenomena.
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Doge Simulator
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DETSTVO.
Doge wants to destroy! Doge wants this whole damn city to be destroyed! Smash the shops, cafes and even the damn palm trees! In our game you play as Doge, and you have to destroy, smash and break!
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Reclusive
Single-player alternative to DETSTVO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DETSTVO.
Robert Livingston sails to a remote northern island to spend the last days of his life there and encounters unexplained phenomena and creatures.