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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The Memories That Shape Us
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
The Memories That Shape Us is a narrative video game that lasts about two hours. Find the Memory Capsules to uncover the story of a person’s life from childhood to adulthood, all the joys, all the struggles, and all the lessons. How much can one take before they’ve had enough?
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Backmooms
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
You’ve wandered into a strange dimension while shopping.A mysterious monster is chasing you.You must escape."Backmooms" is a first-person adventure game.
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KARMA: The Dark World
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
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The Old City: Leviathan
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
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PAGER
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
You are wetware, working a mysterious job.
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Husk
Single-player alternative to Inmates — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inmates.
Husk is a purebred FPP horror inspired by the most classical representatives of the genre. Discover Shivercliff - a daunting town where you uncover the ominous and tantalizing plot. Face the worst nightmares, solve mysteries and survive the devouring darkness in order to find your family.
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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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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.