Single-player games like Perceptions of the Dead 2
Below are 13 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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Magic Potion Stories
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
魔法の薬とそれにまつわる人々、そして『魔女』が織り成す50の物語。
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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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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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Anna's Quest
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 her telekinesis, unorthodox use of torture instruments, a knack for improvisation and the help of a shady fox she makes her way from the peaks of Glass Mountain to the deepest dungeon.
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Decollate Decoration
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
This is a point-and-click, command-selection style adventure game where the protagonist is a girl who has become a ghost. The objective is to fulfill her desires by speaking to her beloved "him" causing poltergeists, visiting in dreams, or even cursing.
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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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Aviary Attorney
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 hottest bird lawyering game to come out of 1840s France! Join Jayjay Falcon and his witty apprentice, Sparrowson, as the two take on clients, interview witnesses, collect evidence, and deliver justice to the guilty.
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Detention
Single-player alternative to Perceptions of the Dead 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Perceptions of the Dead 2.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
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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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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