Single-player games like Stories Untold
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Stories Untold, 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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Observation
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
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The Legend Returns
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Can you survive the return of the legend? A relentless killer is stalking you, and no one believes your story. The only way out? Perform the ritual… or become the next victim. Run, hide, and fight for your life in this brutal PS1-inspired slasher horror experience!
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Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
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Satellite Odyssey: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Satellite Odyssey: Prologue is a short first-person story-driven adventure with horror elements. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of classic science fiction and retro-futurism inspired by Soviet sci-fi films. Your partner is Zarya, the artificial intelligence.
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Buddy Simulator 1984
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!
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SIMULACRA
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.
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EarWorm
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.
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Detention
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
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Cooking Companions
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Unravel the mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains. Will you wind up on the chopping block?
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LISA: The Painful
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
The miserable journey of a broken man...
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The Beginner's Guide
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
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Before Your Eyes
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
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SIGNALIS
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
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Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Single-player alternative to Stories Untold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stories Untold.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.