Single-player games like Detention
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Detention, 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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Fran Bow
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detention.
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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The Cat Lady
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detention.
The Cat Lady follows Susan Ashworth, a lonely 40-year old on the verge of suicide. She has no family, no friends and no hope for a better future. One day she discovers that five strangers will come along and change everything...
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Vlad Circus: Descend Into Madness
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detention.
Vlad Circus: Descend into Madness puts your sanity to the test, challenging you to escape a labyrinth of nightmares and torment. Test your mind against a slow burn of puzzles, light survival mechanics, and methodical action.
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杀青
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detention.
"Shaqing" is a Chinese horror puzzle game set in "Wuzhan Town". Players must help the protagonist escape an evil scene where dreams and reality blur, and save his beloved. The objective is to help the protagonist escape and save his beloved.
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Outlying Islands
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detention.
A story about discovering anomalies, finding strange energy sources, and the intertwining of peculiar spaces. Get ready to uncover hidden stories, delve into a horrifying narrative and unveil the most fundamental truth!
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Rusty Lake: Roots
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detention.
Experience the beginning and end of characters' lives and build your own family tree! Rusty Lake: Roots is the second premium point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Cube Escape series and Rusty Lake Hotel.
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Martha Is Dead
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detention.
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
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Downfall
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detention.
There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detention.
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.
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White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detention.
Notorious cult-classic Korean horror. Sneak into school at midnight to return your sweetheart's diary and get caught in a terrifying game of cat and mouse. Explore haunted hallways, solve classic survival horror puzzles and escape the clutches of a killer Janitor who is out for your blood.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detention.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Vivarium
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detention.
Step into a summer that never ends in this life-sim adventure, featuring hand-illustrated art inspired by timeless anime classics.
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The Bad Kids
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detention.
As an adaptation of the popular suspecse TV series, Cat's Cradle, this game combines investigation, solving puzzles and reasoning with original stories, which can build a more Immersive experience. Game will build new stories based on original setting and focus on the inner world of the character.
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DreadOut
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detention.
DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate.
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Corpse Party (2021)
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Detention.
Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detention.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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Nine Sols
Single-player alternative to Detention — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Detention.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.