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Single-player games like Pathologic 2

Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Pathologic 2, 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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    Pathologic 3: Quarantine — Steam game cover

    Pathologic 3: Quarantine

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    In this free prologue to a narrative-driven adventure, watch a mysterious plague break out in a small town. Learn what drove a celebrated academic to leave his acclaimed lab. Examine patients, uncover strange secrets, and make first steps towards immortality.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pathologic 3 — Steam game cover

    Pathologic 3

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation26.24 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Den-Den: Tokyo Horror — Steam game cover

    Den-Den: Tokyo Horror

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    Den-Den: Tokyo Horror is a J-horror RPG where events unfold in real-time. Survive eight hours in a city where every choice you make impacts the world around you. How many deaths will you be responsible for tonight?

    2026IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Man Came Around — Steam game cover

    The Man Came Around

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    The Man Came Around is a survival game with narrative choices. Play five activists fleeing a police state. Cross the border. Evade the cops. Scavenge resources. Survive the elements. Will you put your group at risk to help others along the way, or betray your principles to survive?

    2023IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    System Says Normal — Steam game cover

    System Says Normal

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    You were hired to watch. Not to ask questions. Night shift. Corporate building. Cameras, reports, anomalies. Your predecessor left no final report. Now you're going to find out why. Please proceed.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Agent of Strange — Steam game cover

    Agent of Strange

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    Agent of Strange is a dark role-playing thriller where every mission is a labyrinth of choices and possibilities. You play as a Conspirator who infiltrates a sealed city ruled by the monstrous Family. Overthrow the regime, uncover occult secrets, and shape the City's fate.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kona — Steam game cover

    Kona

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

    2017IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Agent of Strange: Arrival — Steam game cover

    Agent of Strange: Arrival

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    The prologue to Agent of Strange — a dark role-playing thriller where every mission is a labyrinth of choices and possibilities. Start your path as a Conspirator in a desperate struggle against the secret occult regime.

    IndieAdventureRPGFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elysium — Steam game cover

    Elysium

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Void — Steam game cover

    The Void

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    Only brought to life by scarce sparks of Color, the bleak, grey Void is a peculiar place. The player gets to explore it, get to know the Sisters, Brothers, and other weird creatures inhabiting it, and learn the ways of Color, harvesting it and drawing sigils that change the world around them.

    2009ActionAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Forest — Steam game cover

    The Forest

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Steam game cover

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pathologic 2.

    EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.

    2011RPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition — Steam game cover

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pathologic 2.

    Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.

    2016RPG39.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SILENT HILL 2 — Steam game cover

    SILENT HILL 2

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

    2024ActionAdventure34.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gods Will Be Watching — Steam game cover

    Gods Will Be Watching

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.

    2014IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pathologic Classic HD — Steam game cover

    Pathologic Classic HD

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knock-knock — Steam game cover

    Knock-knock

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers.But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods.

    2013AdventureCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Know by heart — Steam game cover

    Know by heart

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    Childhood friends reunite after spending a long time apart, revisiting old memories and rekindling their friendship. However, something beyond their control will ruin this reunion.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cargo! The Quest for Gravity — Steam game cover

    Cargo! The Quest for Gravity

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pathologic 2.

    Create crazy, yet functional, custom vehicles to solve missions with your own unique style!

    2011ActionAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Darkwood 2 — Steam game cover

    Darkwood 2

    Single-player alternative to Pathologic 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Pathologic 2.

    Roam freely around the scorched deserts of a dying sea as you secure resources and explore the mysteries of Darkwood. But beware nightfall – seek shelter, shore up your defenses, and pray for the morning light as the horrors of the world hunt the ill-prepared.

    ActionStrategyAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →