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A short, surreal single-player simulation where you explore a retro-styled simulated operating system.

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An eerie, story-driven detective adventure through the abandoned files of an old PC, combining retro-90s simulation, psychological mystery, and creative file-based puzzles in a ~8-hour single-player experience.
2026-07-17
- Puzzle

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StarOS
Games like StarOS

Find the Steam hidden gems

single-players with secrets you find without a guideor

Edit search

Games like StarOS

A short, surreal single-player simulation where you explore a retro-styled simulated operating system.

Desktop Explorer
An eerie, story-driven detective adventure through the abandoned files of an old PC, combining retro-90s simulation, psychological mystery, and creative file-based puzzles in a ~8-hour single-player experience.
2026-07-17
- Puzzle

Thriller

Adventure

Indie

Simulator

Mystery

Heaven Does Not Respond

A tense, story-rich analog horror investigation set in 2005, where you uncover dark secrets through a retro computer interface in about three and a half hours.

2026-02-07

Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Third person
Indie
Simulator
Mystery
Point-and-click

Crossroad OS

A short, mildly spooky adventure-puzzle game inside a decaying OS, featuring item collection and strange creatures.

2023-12-08

First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Text

macdows 95

A compact, humorous parody game about a fake OS update, featuring clever puzzles and a ~3-hour playtime.

2019-09-05

Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Simulator

No Players Online

A short, atmospheric first-person narrative on an old computer, where you explore an abandoned FPS and uncover a melancholy story over roughly four hours.

2025-11-06

Shooter
Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Simulator

The Shadow Over Cyberspace

A compact modempunk horror visual novel about bartering with gods as Y2K brings the Old Ones into a crumbling reality.

2025-01-10

Indie

Hypnospace Outlaw

In Hypnospace Outlaw, you patrol a surreal 1990s dream-internet simulation, solving moderation cases in an immersive, addictive alt-history detective story that reviewers spend roughly 10–13 hours exploring.

2019-03-12

First person
Comedy
Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Simulator
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery
Point-and-click

last seen online

A ~45-minute horror-tinged dive through a simulated computer and its early-2000s digital secrets.

2024-03-14

First person
Puzzle
Horror
Indie
Simulator
Text
Mystery
Point-and-click
Visual Novel

You’ve Got a Package

A brief, eerie indie horror simulation about a writer's mysterious package, with AI-generated audiovisuals and a tone that lands closer to comedy than genuine terror.

2025-10-20

First person
Horror
Indie
Simulator

Home Safety Hotline

A ~4-hour single-player hotline simulation about supernatural household pests in a 1990s alternate-history world, told through text and FMV with darkly comedic horror.

2024-01-16

Puzzle
Horror
Indie
Simulator
Text
Mystery
Point-and-click
Visual Novel

I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure

A short, atmospheric text adventure with pixel art and multiple endings, exploring control, isolation, and mental health.

2023-10-05

Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Text
Drama

Dingir OS

A ~2-hour single-player horror game that puts you inside a simulated OS to browse forbidden websites and investigate lethal files.

2025-11-27

Adventure
Horror
Indie
Simulator
Point-and-click

Desktop Explorer