Single-player games like Inmates
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Inmates, 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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Empathy: Path of Whispers
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
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Left Alone
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
Left Alone plunges you into a first-person psychological horror journey, where darkness and memories intertwine. As secrets emerge from shadows, use your wits to solve puzzles and explore haunting, forgotten locations. Every step echoes with the past; can you face the truths that await?
- 3
Amygdala
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
Welcome to Amygdala, seeker of nightmares. In the presence of the Absolute Judge, you are assigned a task that only you can accomplish. Immerse yourself in this place made of emotions. Discover unique creatures called 'lords of nightmares' and uncover the beauties of horror in this unique adventure.
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Detention
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
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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The Guest
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
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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Ether One
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
Ether One is a first person adventure that deals with the fragility of the human mind. There are two paths in the world you can choose from. At its core is a story exploration path free from puzzles where you can unfold the story at your own pace.
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Neverending Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
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World of Witchcraft
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
Immerse yourself in a world where ambition, magic, and lust intertwine.
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NEDRA
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
NEDRA is a story-driven, atmospheric action-adventure blending survival horror with cosmic terror. Set in a Soviet-era Antarctic station, all the explorers have vanished without a trace, leaving you to uncover the chilling truth.