Single-player games like Anomaly Center
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Anomaly Center, 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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Paranormal Snap Shot
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Center — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Anomaly Center.
Trapped in an endless looping school, can you find your way out by photographing all of the anomalies?
- 2
S.A.M. - Stasis Asset Management
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Center — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Anomaly Center.
Take the night shift watching CCTV over a sealed-off site: spot the smallest thing out of place, report it, and last until your shift ends. You can't trust what's on the screens — or the aging terminal showing them to you.
- 3
宿の掟 / Rules of the Inn
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Center — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Anomaly Center.
The rules do not lie. The guests who obeyed them are still in the ledger, and nowhere else. An inn on the border of the afterlife; each night, another rule. Lower your eyes, cover your ears, judge what slips in. Some nights, what comes wears the name of a thing the rules describe. Obey, or doubt.
- 4
Watch and Whisper
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Center — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Anomaly Center.
A microphone-based surveillance game. Monitor a magical ball for paranormal anomalies. Draw precise sigils and whisper incantations to banish them. You must keep the cursed mirror sealed until the ritual is complete to finally defeat the lurking demon!
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Passage Zero
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Center — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Anomaly Center.
A short psychological horror experience that asks one question: are you paying attention, or just doing what you were trained to?
- 6
Midnight Monitor: Anomaly Watch
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Center — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Anomaly Center.
A "spot the difference" horror game where you have to monitor cameras in a haunted house and report anomalies. You have no choice but to finish the job. Can you spot every anomaly? Can you survive the night?
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I'm on Observation Duty 8
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Center — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Anomaly Center.
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
- 8
The Gretlow Tapes
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Center — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Anomaly Center.
Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.