Single-player games like Tales from the Dark Manor
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Tales from the Dark Manor, 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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The Rule of Adult
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Dark Manor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Tales from the Dark Manor.
You are just another new hire. Work. Perform. Improve. Repeat. Survive 12 weeks. But the truth is— this company doesn’t value you. It devours who you are.
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DEGENERATE STAR
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Dark Manor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tales from the Dark Manor.
Investigate the S.S Vandermeer and discover the fate of those aboard.
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BLACKMURK: Shuffling Man
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Dark Manor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from the Dark Manor.
Fear is real. Sometimes tragedy needs nothing more than that. 💀 A short visual novel based on the story of the same name — about the silence that lets something shuffling into your home. 👁️👁️
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To Find A Home
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Dark Manor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tales from the Dark Manor.
You're a witch who has just been evicted. Your only option for tonight? A haunted house full of fellow supernaturals. Find love and friendship in this supernatural amare VN with found family feels, 3 love interests and multiple endings.
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Seeds of Pain
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Dark Manor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tales from the Dark Manor.
A group of kids decide to leave the floating island they live on to go and explore a colossal world tree. They don't know yet how dangerous this choice will be. Feel their fear and try to survive in this Visual Novel with resource management systems.
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Man I Just Wanna Live
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Dark Manor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tales from the Dark Manor.
Mia wakes up with a hangover and a dead body in her apartment. Unfortunately, the body has friends who are about to break in through the front door. From there, things only get worse. This "MSPaint-noir" VN with 16 endings is as stylish as it is relentless. Mia just wants to live! Well, who doesn’t?
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Sheep Counting
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Dark Manor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from the Dark Manor.
A recreational software for counting sheep, observing puzzles, and befriending an indoor air-conditioning unit.
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A Week to Remember
Single-player alternative to Tales from the Dark Manor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales from the Dark Manor.
Help Elliot recover his memories and unlock the truth of what happened before it's too late. A Mexican-American gothic, boys' love visual novel, featuring interactive spell crafting and point-and-click exploration.