Single-player games like Santa Claws
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Santa Claws, 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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The madness of death
Single-player alternative to Santa Claws — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Santa Claws.
The madness of death is a first person psychological horror game. Explore the house in order to escape from it and break the curse of the Death Stone. You will have to solve the puzzles in order to advance and try not to stay in the dark.
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Near Death
Single-player alternative to Santa Claws — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Santa Claws.
Stranded at an abandoned Antarctic research base with no hope of rescue, you must battle a deadly blizzard in a desperate fight to find your way home.
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Nevrosa: Primal Ritual
Single-player alternative to Santa Claws — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Santa Claws.
Primal Ritual is an Action Adventure Open World game built exclusively for VR. Explore uncharted Mist World, fight unknown creatures and reveal dark secrets that hide in these unexplored lands. Stunning graphics, epic fights, rich and twisted story in unique steampunk word.
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Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
Single-player alternative to Santa Claws — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Santa Claws.
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.
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Fuck You Witch
Single-player alternative to Santa Claws — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Santa Claws.
Your best friend has confessed her love for you... but the problems don't stop there. You've started to hallucinate. All this interferes with sleeping and eating, and in general disrupts your ideal lifestyle. Yell obscenities at the witch, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Qazaq steppes
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Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Santa Claws — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Santa Claws.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
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Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner
Single-player alternative to Santa Claws — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Santa Claws.
A broke young man takes on the night shift at a roadside diner. In the glow of the blood moon, routine tasks turn into a fight for survival. First-person horror based on a dark creepypasta with a set of rescue rules.
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The Guard
Single-player alternative to Santa Claws — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Santa Claws.
You are on the night shift at the mall. While you were taking your post, your partner went missing. All the time you hear some kind of noise. You need to find out their origin and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms.
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The Narrator Is a DICK
Single-player alternative to Santa Claws — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Santa Claws.
In this narrated platformer there's one man who's always out to get you... The Narrator. He's a real jerk, but with determination and a lot of skill MAYBE you can make it through this crazy adventure.
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Blaster Shooter GunGuy!
Single-player alternative to Santa Claws — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Santa Claws.
Blaster Shooter GunGuy is a 2D action rage platformer. Similar in nature to games such as IWBTG. But also inspired by Mega Man and Mega Man X.
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Aesthetic Melody
Single-player alternative to Santa Claws — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Santa Claws.
Sit back and enjoy 30 minutes of original electronic and vaporwave music in this challenging platformer, push forward to unlock Time Trial mode and a second playable character who completely changes the gameplay.
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The Narrator is a DICK : Longer, Harder, and Uncut
Single-player alternative to Santa Claws — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Santa Claws.
In this narrated unfair platformer there's one man who's always out to get you... The Narrator. He's a real jerk, but with determination and a lot of skill MAYBE you can make it through this crazy adventure. Remastered with new Online Co-Op and Extended gameplay!
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Seeds of Friendship
Single-player alternative to Santa Claws — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You've just inherited your grandfathers farm, and already someone wants to take it. The evil Mega Corp Regeneration has it's sights set on your land, but with how hard you work they won't even get close! Build, grow, and restore an animal sanctuary. The future of the island depends on it!