Single-player games like Octave
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Octave, 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 Dream: Fever
Single-player alternative to Octave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octave.
The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.
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Harvester
Single-player alternative to Octave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Octave.
A strange and twisted world...Harvester! The most violent adventure game of all time comes to Steam!
- 3
CAYNE
Single-player alternative to Octave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octave.
Hadley wakes in a facility. She is 9 months pregnant. They want her baby... CAYNE is the FREE, isometric horror game from the creators of STASIS.
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Bulb Boy
Single-player alternative to Octave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octave.
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.
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The Dark Occult
Single-player alternative to Octave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octave.
The Dark Occult is a psychological driven horror game that puts players in a constant state of anxiety that crescendos into raw panic and terror. You will encounter grotesque creatures, who will take your life at any moment.Your only goal -- survive.
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Slender Threads
Single-player alternative to Octave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octave.
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
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Just Ignore Them
Single-player alternative to Octave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octave.
One night can feel like a lifetime of pain, suffering and horror to a child...do you have what it takes to survive the night? Play as an 8 year old child who is tormented by monsters in his house. Your choices make his future which lives can be saved or ended.
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Fran Bow
Single-player alternative to Octave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octave.
Fran Bow is a creepy adventure game that tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
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Little Kite
Single-player alternative to Octave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octave.
The game about one tragic evening for a struggling family, when emotions and tensions are simply too high to manage.
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Repentant
Single-player alternative to Octave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octave.
The game is a dramatic point&click adventure about a criminal who is trying to atone for the sins of his past.
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The Safe Place
Single-player alternative to Octave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Octave.
This is a dramatic deep social point&click adventure about tough childhood and self-sacrifice.