Single-player games like He Was Here
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to He Was Here, 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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Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face
Single-player alternative to He Was Here — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with He Was Here.
Mr. Red Face, a fictional character created by adults to teach their children, suddenly becomes real..
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Arcadia Cafe
Single-player alternative to He Was Here — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with He Was Here.
Arcadia Cafe - domestic horror in early 2000s. Work the night shift as a student at a roadside cafe. Meet bizarre guests, get cash for your job, but beware — homecoming may be much more horrible than you expect.
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Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway
Single-player alternative to He Was Here — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with He Was Here.
Sydney Harper, a 23-year-old working at a consulting firm plans a weekend getaway to a Woodbury rental with her college friends. Little did she know what was about to unfold during their stay.
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Ikai
Single-player alternative to He Was Here — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with He Was Here.
Fear and anxiety prevail after the darkest tales from Japanese folklore come to life in this first-person psychological horror game. Set in a feudal era, Ikai revolves around the priestess of a shrine struggling to defeat the spirits of her past and her present.
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The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to He Was Here — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with He Was Here.
The famous game remastered in a new 25th Anniversary Edition! The father and mother of all 'Haunted Mansion' games. Winner of multiple gaming awards and “No. 1 Rated Game of 1994”.
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Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
Single-player alternative to He Was Here — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with He Was Here.
The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.
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Homesick
Single-player alternative to He Was Here — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with He Was Here.
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
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Virginia
Single-player alternative to He Was Here — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with He Was Here.
Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.
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The Temporal Invasion
Single-player alternative to He Was Here — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with He Was Here.
EXPERIENCE this Story-Driven Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that blends Your Real Life with Science Fiction as it explores the Dark Limits of Conspiracy, Alternate History, The Supernatural and Fringe Science.
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SCP - The Sentient Box
Single-player alternative to He Was Here — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with He Was Here.
Investigate the life of John Doe as he resides in his lost memories in this story-driven Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that merges Your Real Life with science fiction as it explores the Dark Limits of Alternate History and The SCP Foundation.