Single-player games like ROUTINE
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to ROUTINE, 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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SOMA
Single-player alternative to ROUTINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
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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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to ROUTINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to ROUTINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ROUTINE.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to ROUTINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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SCP: Fragmented Minds
Single-player alternative to ROUTINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ROUTINE.
You arrive at Mars Site-113, a decaying monument to the SCP Foundation's ambition—and its failures. Once the most secure facility, now a cradle of horrors calling you to uncover its secrets. Face relentless anomalies, humanity's darkest truths, and a mission that demands survival above all else.
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Moons of Madness
Single-player alternative to ROUTINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ROUTINE.
Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.
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Mouthwashing
Single-player alternative to ROUTINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ROUTINE.
The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to ROUTINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ROUTINE.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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System Shock
Single-player alternative to ROUTINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ROUTINE.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to ROUTINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ROUTINE.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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SIGNALIS
Single-player alternative to ROUTINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ROUTINE.
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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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to ROUTINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ROUTINE.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.