Single-player games like Strange Telephone
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Strange Telephone, 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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Awareness Rooms
Single-player alternative to Strange Telephone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
You find yourself in a room you know nothing of. As you examine the objects around you, your awareness rises and the room slowly comes into focus. Can you find your way out?
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Yume Nikki
Single-player alternative to Strange Telephone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
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Lost but Lucid
Single-player alternative to Strange Telephone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
Lost but Lucid is a platformer set in the dreamscapes of a patient undergoing experimental therapy. Traverse 27 levels seeking secrets and collectables. Sprint, leap, fall, delve, and climb your way out of an unconscious prison. Participate in Time Trial Mode and compete in global Leaderboards.
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When The Past Was Around
Single-player alternative to Strange Telephone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
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Misao - 2024 HD Remaster
Single-player alternative to Strange Telephone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
Explore a school plagued by unnatural phenomena in this horror-adventure game revolving around the missing girl Misao. Improving upon 2017's "Definitive Edition" with refreshed graphics and support for HD resolutions, you can now experience the terror in a new form.
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Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
Single-player alternative to Strange Telephone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
What dreams are made of is the stuff of nightmares in this new point-and-click adventure. Delve deep into realms both fantastical and terrifying, and use the power of lucid dreaming to solve puzzles, explore, and contend with eerie adversaries in your search for the brother you thought had died.
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Evie
Single-player alternative to Strange Telephone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
A girl crashed into a dark forest not knowing where to go, curiosity drives her to open a Pandora’s box that was never meant to be opened.
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The Elision Effect
Single-player alternative to Strange Telephone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
The Elision Effect is a short surreal puzzle game. The last person finds themselves in an empty office. The place seems off, like it shouldn’t exist. Not knowing what made everyone abandon these liminal spaces, they look for an exit.
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Psychonauts
Single-player alternative to Strange Telephone — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A Psychic Odyssey Through the Minds of Misfits, Monsters, and Madmen. This classic action/adventure platformer from acclaimed developers Double Fine Productions follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin.
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Starbound
Single-player alternative to Strange Telephone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
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Dreaming Sarah
Single-player alternative to Strange Telephone — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strange Telephone.
Dreaming Sarah is an adventure platformer where you play as Sarah, a girl who is in a coma. Explore the world around her and help her wake up!