Single-player games like Alan Wake
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Alan Wake, 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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Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!
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CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
- 3
The Veil of Death
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
A psychological horror game inspired by the myths and legends of Mexican folklore, set in the Juárez Hospital in Mexico City in 2007. Explore, solve puzzles, fight entities from beyond and reconstruct the truth behind a forgotten tragedy.
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Red Silhouette
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
2.5D survival horror game, where Eevi works security at the abandoned Silver Leaf Mall known to contain doors to many dead dreams.
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Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake.
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
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Midnight Scenes: The Nanny
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake.
The Nanny is a short interactive horror story about the supernatural. Follow siblings Oliver and Tina in their quest to find their nanny after she disappears in the middle of the night. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
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Dead Return
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Dead Return is a first-person psychological horror game about returning to a place you can never leave.
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Eternal Fracture
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
In Eternal Fracture, you play as officer T. A grieving police officer that gets dispatched to the Bayou Mall in Louisiana to reset a known malfunctioning security system. What was supposed to be just another late-night routine sweep turns into dread. You are being watched.
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Quantum Break
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.
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Max Payne
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
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Resident Evil 2
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
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L.A. Noire
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake.
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
- 15
The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
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Death Rally
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Alan Wake.
Load your guns, start your engines...THE CLASSIC IS BACK! Brought to you from Remedy, renowned developers of Max Payne and Alan Wake, Remedy's Death Rally classic top down racer is back, stronger and more vicious than ever.