Single-player games like The Hex
Below are 16 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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When eyes close
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
When did you become a monster? In this nightmare, everyone is guilty. Everyone has a secret. A demon will make you remember what you did. Piece together your shattered past in a detective psychological horror and... WAKE UP!
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Get In Timelessness
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
A psychological horror about a man who, by the will of fate — or a joke of chance — had to face the unthinkable. Sometimes a person looks into the abyss. Sometimes the abyss looks at you. And sometimes... She turns out to be Hungry.
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Facility 386
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
Facility 386 is a horror game where you have to use your hearing to survive. With stereo sound, you can hear the direction of the danger and avoid it. It is recommended to play with headphones.
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Alter Animus
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
Alter Animus is a turn-based RPG with horror elements, mysteries to unveil and a character-driven narrative. It's up to you if these unforeseen and unthinkable circumstances make these people truly come together or if they succumb to the consequences of their actions.
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Midnight Train: New Moon
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
A 2D exploration-based horror adventure game set in a creepy train and mysterious buildings.
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Mucorales
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.
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KOEWOTAYORINI SP / 声之寄托SP
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Hex.
Escape by means of "Voice"! The second installment of the new feeling puzzle and escape game! You are being held in a room that you haven't been to before. The only thing you can do is using telephone to ask for hint from a cooperator.
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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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Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist : Link Evolution
Single-player alternative to The Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Build your Deck from over 10,000 cards and take on the most iconic Duelists from the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. Relive the stories from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series through Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS!
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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.
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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...
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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.