Single-player games like Perceptions of the Dead 2
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Perceptions of the Dead 2, 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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Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
Crazy cultists. Cthulhu. A talking cat. Gibbous takes you on an expansive, traditionally animated, hand-painted adventure. Play as three protagonists and explore a lushly rendered Lovecraft-inspired world, unraveling ancient conspiracies. A comedy cosmic horror adventure made in Transylvania!
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The Innsmouth Case
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.
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Perceptions of the Dead
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.
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Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
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Afterparty
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
In Afterparty, you are Milo and Lola, recently deceased best buds who suddenly find themselves staring down an eternity in Hell. But there's a loophole: outdrink Satan and he'll grant you re-entry to Earth.
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Chaos on Deponia
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
With this long-expected sequel to the critically highly acclaimed and lavishly praised Deponia, the player enters round two. Chaos on Deponia turns out to be even wackier than its predecessor and instantly puts the player under its spell.
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The Holy Gosh Darn
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
Play as Cassiel, a foul-mouthed angel trapped in a time loop with a mission to save Heaven. Use the magical clock bestowed upon you from Death (yes, that Death, from Manual Samuel, stop asking) to jump between timelines across Heaven, Hell, Earth and Helheim to stop Heaven from going boom. Again.
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Flipping Death
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
Possess the living, aid the dead and flip between the worlds of Flipping Death - a puzzling adventure platformer where you find yourself filling in for Death. Maybe your new powers will help you solve the mystery of your own demise?
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Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
Brilliant Shadows is a visual novel that follows the story of Veronica Ashmar, a new graduate of the Mountain and a necromancer. Tradition dictates that upon graduation, necromancers and paladins are to perform the pairing ritual.
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Embers of Magic
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
Embers of Magic is a short, adventure visual novel that tells the story of Liana the witch. She takes an airship down to the surface of the dangerous and corrupt earth beneath her flying city home.
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Pale Spectrum - Part Two of the Book of Gray Magic
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
The Ryuusian Royal Cabal thought that the discovery and research of five new forms of magic would be the greatest undertaking of their lives. Unfortunately, they drastically underestimated the difficulties of love, mental health, family, and the occasional mad demigod.
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Stars and Snowdrops
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
Spend a day in a rainy castle and befriend, or fall for, a non-binary dragon