Single-player games like STAY
Below are 13 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
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Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
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Home
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Heavy Rain
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with STAY.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
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Roadwarden
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
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Centum
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with STAY.
Every why has a wherefore. You are trapped, and you must escape. But is that really the goal? Centum is an unreliable narrative-driven adventure where everything may be a lie.
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Homicipher
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with STAY.
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
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The Coffin of Andy and Leyley
Single-player alternative to STAY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with STAY.
Walk-n-talk adventure with light puzzling. Brother and sister practice cannibalism after witnessing a botched satanic ritual.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.