Single-player games like ShadowSide
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to ShadowSide, 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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Investigator
Single-player alternative to ShadowSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ShadowSide.
Investigator is a first-person exploration game with horror elements, where the events take place in a world of extreme weather cataclysms.
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Clink
Single-player alternative to ShadowSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ShadowSide.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
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The Solus Project
Single-player alternative to ShadowSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ShadowSide.
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
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Visage
Single-player alternative to ShadowSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ShadowSide.
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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Uninvited Guest
Single-player alternative to ShadowSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ShadowSide.
Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.
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Rise of Insanity
Single-player alternative to ShadowSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ShadowSide.
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
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The Station
Single-player alternative to ShadowSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ShadowSide.
The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.
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ColdSide
Single-player alternative to ShadowSide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ShadowSide.
ColdSide is a psychological horror first-person game. It takes place in an abandoned underground laboratory that studied anomalous phenomena.