Single-player games like Manus Sors
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Manus Sors, 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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Project Spooky
Single-player alternative to Manus Sors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Manus Sors.
The developer vanished before finishing this game. Play a reconstruction of his final project and uncover what happened inside a house that doesn't want you to leave. The more you understand its rules, the more terrifying it becomes.
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Skinscribing
Single-player alternative to Manus Sors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Manus Sors.
SKINSCRIBING is a 2D hand-drawn and dual-handed cosmic folk horror game wherein you explore environments, grief, and bodies alike to interpret and tattoo the history of a dying world as the foundation for the Era to come.
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Smiglee's Statues: The Cursed Curation
Single-player alternative to Manus Sors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Manus Sors.
A short first-person narrative horror simulator about cataloging and restoring museum statues while uncovering unsettling inconsistencies.
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The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline
Single-player alternative to Manus Sors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Manus Sors.
The world knows the Divine Comedy as a poem. For your family, it is a prison. As Gabriele Alighieri, you inherit a duty: reseal the gates of Hell. Burdened by fate, you descend into a psychological nightmare where the only escape is to uncover the dark secrets of your ancestors.
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[ABERRATION] THE ANALYST
Single-player alternative to Manus Sors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Manus Sors.
Dexton-City vanished, leaving a 14.2-meter void. As a PRISM analyst, process Agent Meg Simons' final hours through the EYESYS simulation. Survive the psychological terror and brutal trials of a Class C4 Hive Mind. The inaugural [ABERRATION] case by FEIGIN ENTERTAINMENT.
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The Simulation
Single-player alternative to Manus Sors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Manus Sors.
A never-before-seen game is the only clue left at a crime scene. Called in as a retired game designer to help with the case, you discover hidden breaches that let you cross into game worlds from within.
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DOPROS
Single-player alternative to Manus Sors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Manus Sors.
DOPROS is a dark, Orwellian interrogation experience. Will you break and give it all away, or will you try to get free? It's only up to you, but keep in mind, your every word may and will be used against you…
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The Birdwatcher's Journal
Single-player alternative to Manus Sors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Manus Sors.
Photograph and identify birds on a mysterious island. Each bird you discover brings you one step closer to uncovering what happened to the researcher before you, and the secrets of the island.