Single-player games like Trauma
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Trauma, 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 Franz Kafka Videogame
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
- 2
FRACT OSC
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
FRACT is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game.
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Journal
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Enter the pages of the hand painted world of Journal. A journey through the life of a young and troubled girl as she tries to face up to the choices and responsibilities that come with childhood. An experience that questions the reliability of how we choose to remember events and explores the truths hidden within our dreams.
- 4
Dear Esther
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
- 5
Manifold Garden
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
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The Path
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
There is one rule in the game. And it needs to be broken. There is one goal. And when you attain it, you die.
- 7
The Charnel House Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Witness The Charnel House Trilogy, the chronicle of one fateful night aboard a train bound for Augur Peak. Three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one, from the depths of the Sepulchre, starring Madeleine Roux, Peter Willington, Jonathan Grier, Jim Sterling, and Ben Chandler as Grub.
- 8
Lucifer Within Us
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Trauma.
Solve 3 increasingly intricate murders by examining the evidence -- find the motive, the means, and the opportunity. Use testimonies of the suspects as evidence by examining every detail for contradictions... and signs of sin. Purify the possessed. Purge the daemons.
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The Void
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Trauma.
Only brought to life by scarce sparks of Color, the bleak, grey Void is a peculiar place. The player gets to explore it, get to know the Sisters, Brothers, and other weird creatures inhabiting it, and learn the ways of Color, harvesting it and drawing sigils that change the world around them.
- 10
To the Moon
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.
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Papers, Please
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
- 12
Retention
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
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Make it indie!
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Claw your way through the abyss of the mind and survive the horrors that stalk you as you attempt to survive seven days as... an Indie Developer.
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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Trauma.
Become Phoenix Wright and experience the thrill of battle as you fight to save your innocent clients in a court of law. Play all 14 episodes, spanning the first three games, in one gorgeous collection.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
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.