Single-player games like The Hex
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Hex, 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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Pony Island
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
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Enigma of Fear
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.
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Rusty Lake Hotel
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
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CLeM
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
CLeM is a narrative-driven puzzle adventure game with a dark twist. Wake up in a world where puzzles intertwine with exploration, weaving a unique narrative rooted in alchemy. A voice awakens you. It gives you purpose. To guide you, you find a notebook with mysterious entries and a house to explore.
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The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
- 8
Inscryption
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
- 9
Undertale
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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OneShot
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.
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UFO 50
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
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Wasted World
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
The apocalypse has come, brought by pollution, wars and disease! Your mission is to save your land... or what’s left of it. Alone or with your friends gather, recycle, craft, build, plant, explore, fight & help survivors.
- 14
Dread X Collection 2
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.