Single-player games like Hollow Steps
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Hollow Steps, 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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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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Dream Stone
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
You wake up and find yourself trapped in a dream. Only thing in your mind is to wake up. The key to wake up lies within 3 Dream Stones which are awaiting at the end of puzzles you encounter through the game in different dream chapters.
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hollow Steps.
Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those *other* pizza places! Now hiring: Late night technician. Must enjoy cramped spaces and be comfortable around active machinery. Not responsible for death or dismemberment.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
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Blue Prince
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
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Strange Horticulture
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
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The Assembly
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.
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Painted Memories
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Painted Memories is an Action/Adventure game that you journey through using various equipment in your arsenal, such as a crossbow or a torch. You will encounter different creatures, bosses, puzzles and more!
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Chaos Town
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hollow Steps.
Chaos Town is a top-down chaotic shooter game where everything is destructible!
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Deep Sorrow
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Deep Sorrow is a horror/adventure game which leads you to a bunker and makes you feel desperate to get out.
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Light The Way
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Light The Way is a first-person horror adventure game. It takes place in a storage house after your character is kidnapped by a stranger.
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Chaos Village
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hollow Steps.
Chaos Village is a top-down chaotic shooter game with various weapons, perks and power ups.
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Soul Valley
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Soul Valley is a survival, text-reading, treasure hunting, story rich, walking simulator game.
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Slay The Bigies
Single-player alternative to Hollow Steps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Steps.
Slay The Bigies is an anime style hack'n slash action rpg game with randomized loot and inventory system.