Single-player games like Descent - Silence of Mind
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Descent - Silence of Mind, 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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INSIDE
Single-player alternative to Descent - Silence of Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent - Silence of Mind.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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The Room
Single-player alternative to Descent - Silence of Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent - Silence of Mind.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
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Penumbra Overture
Single-player alternative to Descent - Silence of Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent - Silence of Mind.
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
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Little Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Descent - Silence of Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Descent - Silence of Mind.
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
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Pulang Insanity - Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Descent - Silence of Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent - Silence of Mind.
Pulang: Insanity is a psychological horror game set in a mythical culture of Indonesia. the games tell a story about Rudy, a man who once became poor and heavily indebted, he passed his poverty and became prosperous via the “Pesugihan” ritual, yet the happiness didn’t last long.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Descent - Silence of Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent - Silence of Mind.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Detention
Single-player alternative to Descent - Silence of Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent - Silence of Mind.
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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Amanda the Adventurer 2
Single-player alternative to Descent - Silence of Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent - Silence of Mind.
In Amanda the Adventurer 2, the story continues as Riley encounters a mysterious masked figure after destroying the TV in the attic. Travel to the Kensdale Public Library and dig deeper into the mystery of Amanda the Adventurer.
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The Next Door
Single-player alternative to Descent - Silence of Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent - Silence of Mind.
Who looks out dreams? Who looks inside awakens?
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Strange Night
Single-player alternative to Descent - Silence of Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Descent - Silence of Mind.
As an employee of a night security firm, your first night on the job might be your last, as strange events push your sanity to the limit.
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iREC
Single-player alternative to Descent - Silence of Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Descent - Silence of Mind.
A narcotics police officer invades a logistics company, suspected of drug trafficking. Looking for evidence, he discovers an even greater secret, and his mission now and leave the place alive. iREC presents moments of tension, with an incredible atmosphere of terror.
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Overhead
Single-player alternative to Descent - Silence of Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Descent - Silence of Mind.
A bunker evacuated miles below the earth, you were kept frozen and forgotten ... until now. Overhead, a first person game of exploration, puzzles and terror. survive experiments and mutations in the dark and discover the surface exit. if it still exists.
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Strange Night ll
Single-player alternative to Descent - Silence of Mind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Descent - Silence of Mind.
Strange Night II takes you to a mysterious hostel where your sanity will be put to the test.