Single-player games like The Grim Ending
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Grim Ending, 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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From Ruins – A Detective Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Grim Ending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Grim Ending.
A new-gen detective adventure combining deduction gameplay with a gripping story full of twists and turns. Gather clues, establish connections, and solve a series of increasingly challenging cases. Will you uncover the feud that began at the end of the world?
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Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Grim Ending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Grim Ending.
The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline.
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BROK the InvestiGator
Single-player alternative to The Grim Ending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Grim Ending.
An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?
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Roadwarden
Single-player alternative to The Grim Ending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Grim Ending.
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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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Single-player alternative to The Grim Ending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Grim Ending.
12th century, England: In a time of poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and safety for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Based on Ken Follett's world-bestseller ‘The Pillars of the Earth’.
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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to The Grim Ending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Grim Ending.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Heaven's Vault
Single-player alternative to The Grim Ending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Grim Ending.
An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.
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Home
Single-player alternative to The Grim Ending — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Grim Ending.
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.