Single-player games like Umfend
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Umfend, 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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Subliminal
Single-player alternative to Umfend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umfend.
Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.
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MiSide
Single-player alternative to Umfend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umfend.
Let's imagine that you have a game in which you care for a character. But could you imagine one day getting into that game yourself?
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The NOexistenceN of you AND me
Single-player alternative to Umfend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umfend.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
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Empathy: Path of Whispers
Single-player alternative to Umfend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Umfend.
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
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Wire Lips
Single-player alternative to Umfend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umfend.
Leta’s life changed in one moment. She and her friend Lina found an old music box in the mountains... and soon Lina disappeared, leaving behind only a photograph and the ominous music box. Uncover the secrets in atmospheric third-person horror game.
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Re:Turn - One Way Trip
Single-player alternative to Umfend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Umfend.
Re:Turn - One Way Trip is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure horror game. Trapped in a ghostly train, Saki must search the past and present to find and save her friends. More importantly, Saki must use her wits if she is to survive against an unspeakable evil hellbent on avenging unrequited love.
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outside the door
Single-player alternative to Umfend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Umfend.
Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.
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DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to Umfend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umfend.
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
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ECO HOLE
Single-player alternative to Umfend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umfend.
ECO HOLE is a survival game for one or two players with unique gameplay. Strange events began to happen in the world, and people began to turn into monsters. You are mysterious heroes who suddenly appeared at the right moment, and you strive to stop the nightmare at any cost.
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Fariwalk: The Prelude
Single-player alternative to Umfend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Umfend.
The world where humanity is almost gone. A few remaining people search for each other amongst monsters, common inhabitants of the Earth. However, this story is about a child who is going to obtain something very important. Fariwalk: The Prelude is a short prologue to The Fariwalk game.
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Rugida
Single-player alternative to Umfend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Umfend.
The girl ended up in the dungeons. And although her heart is now barely beating, she still hopes to get her soul back. The dungeon is just the beginning of the journey. And it is already teeming with everything that can be teeming with. Will you help her on this difficult journey?