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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 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Clink — Steam game cover

    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?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Solus Project — Steam game cover

    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...

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Visage — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Uninvited Guest — Steam game cover

    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.

    2021IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rise of Insanity — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Station — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018IndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ColdSide — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →