Single-player games like STAY
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to STAY, 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
- 1
Advent: Dawn
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
Seven strangers. One collapsed cave. No escape. A sci-fi mystery visual novel where every route toward survival draws you closer to a different companion—and a different lie.
- 2
Morse Academy
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with STAY.
Three operatives return to their abandoned boarding school to hunt a sinister fugitive. As old traumas awaken and paranoia takes hold, will they survive their own fears?
- 3
The Game of Fourtune
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
How far will you go to get your deepest wish granted? In The Game of Fourtune, help guide Clyde & Devon through this cruel game of life and death. Only one participant will get their wish granted. Four rounds and four deaths each round, are you ready to see if fortune is on your side?
- 4
The Wolf of Derevnya
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with STAY.
When the villagers of Derevnya begin turning up maimed, suspicion falls on you. Track down the beast to clear your name and save the village—but to unravel the mystery, you will need to confront your own past. A survival-horror choose your own adventure set in Kievan Rus'.
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時折記 -Tokioriki-
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
I can't do this anymore -- but I've decided to choose. There are people I want to protect, but I can't save them all. One old book shatters an ordinary life -- a visual novel of despair and love, where your choices shape the story. Japanese voice / English subtitles / ~10hrs
- 6
Pikabuu: STOP!
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
Beni, a loving husband to Nadia and father to Kaila, always ensured his family's needs were met with simple contentment. However, one day, an unwitting decision dragged his small family into a spiral that threatens everything.
- 7
This Is Not Your House
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
Crush someone's skull, Suffer from Hypothermia, Transcend your Mortal Frame, Find all 10 Endings. GET YOUR HOUSE BACK.
- 8
Mothmen 1966
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.
- 9
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with STAY.
Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?
- 10
Lifeline
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
Help Taylor make life or death decisions, and face the consequences together.
- 11
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A new adventure for Shiren and Koppa begins!
- 12
Escape Floor Zero
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with STAY.
Trapped in an infinite parking lot, your only escape is through Floor Zero. Detect subtle anomalies and make crucial decisions in this mind-bending, psychological horror experience. Dare to escape the unescapable? If you see an anomaly... turn back.
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TERRACOTTA
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
Puzzle your way through 80+ hand-crafted levels in this uniquely challenging action-adventure game. Unleash world-shifting abilities, awaken ancient mechanisms, and defeat 8 brutal bosses - balancing cunning and force to rescue the cursed spirits of your fellow warriors.
- 14
Frank and Drake
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
Frank and Drake is a modern gothic tale that puts players at the heart of a supernatural mystery through its non-linear branching paths, mini-games and puzzles, and unique rotoscoped art. Take your time, explore, and soak up every word.