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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What Never Was
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving about Sarah, having to shoulder the arduous task of clearing out her grandfathers attic, and soon finds that not everything about the attic is what it seems.
- 2
MaryPark St.
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
MaryPark St. is a short story telling indie game, set in a black and white dream-like world. Featuring two interpretations of the same story, The Dream & The Nightmare.
- 3
Color Soul: Memories
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
A short stylized game set in a colorless world... in the beginning. Unlock colors as you visit the three different areas of the world and unveil the question of who you are and where you are from after losing your memories.
- 4
First Response
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Welcome to your new job at the Extreme Containment Security Company! You've been selected by Malcolm Monaghan himself as the first subject in their brand new learning initiative! Upon your arrival, K.A.R.A. will guide you through the concepts of Cybersecurity and the important work you'll be doing!
- 5
Tengami
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Tengami is an atmospheric adventure game set inside a Japanese pop-up book. Fold and slide the beautifully crafted paper world to solve puzzles and discover secrets.
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Lume
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
With a set built entirely out of paper and cardboard, and sumptuously filmed, Lume is a game with a style unlike any other.
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The Beginner's Guide
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
The Beginner's Guide is a narrative video game from Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. It lasts about an hour and a half and has no traditional mechanics, no goals or objectives. Instead, it tells the story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand.
- 8
Silence
Single-player alternative to Trauma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Trauma.
Can you save Silence, the grim, but also serene world between life and death? Can you help Noah find his little sister Renie in this suffering world? Can you bring her home? Explore Silence and join the siblings on their adventurous journey.
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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.
- 14
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.
- 15
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.