Single-player games like The Fan
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Fan, 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
- 1
The Night is Grey
Single-player alternative to The Fan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Fan.
Graham’s alone in a forest filled with strange wolves. While he’s fleeing for his life he finds a lost girl in an abandoned lodge that won’t survive without his help. Try to find their way to safety in this slow-burning cinematic thriller filled with puzzles, hand-drawn animation and lots of mystery
- 2
Home
Single-player alternative to The Fan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Fan.
Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.
- 3
Heavy Rain
Single-player alternative to The Fan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Fan.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
- 4
CORPSE FACTORY
Single-player alternative to The Fan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Fan.
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
- 5
Fran Bow
Single-player alternative to The Fan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Fan.
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.
- 6
Football Game
Single-player alternative to The Fan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Fan.
You are Tommy, a local high school football hero in the town of East Bend. It’s game night for the Purchase County Turbines and your sweetheart is waiting in the bleachers. Join Tommy for a night you won’t forget...
- 7
ghostpia Season One
Single-player alternative to The Fan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Fan.
"In my dreams, I can get out. In my dreams, I can fit in." 'ghostpia' mixes the adorable art style of an illustrated book with glitches-and-noise effects. There are no choices to be made. There's only a lonely girl in a ghost town and her story full of mystery, friendhood...and a bit of violence.
- 8
Loan Shark
Single-player alternative to The Fan — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Fan.
The loan shark is coming for you. Catch enough fish to repay your debt before it is too late. Go fish.