Single-player games like The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy, 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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The Hunter's Journals - Pale Harbour
Single-player alternative to The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy.
A coastal town is overrun by horrors, and only YOU can save it!
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Gray Dawn
Single-player alternative to The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
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SUNLESS SEA
Single-player alternative to The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy.
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
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CARRION
Single-player alternative to The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy.
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
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Close To The Sun
Single-player alternative to The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy.
Deep in international waters, Tesla’s Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer steps aboard in search of her sister, quickly to discover not all is as it seems. A single word covers the entrance… QUARANTINE!
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Chronicle of Innsmouth: Mountains of Madness
Single-player alternative to The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy.
After an encounter with a dreadful horror, detective Lone Carter’s investigation leads him to fateful places as Innsmouth, Arkham and the Antarctic, investigating a series of deaths and mysteries. Play also as Abdul Alhazred and H.P. Lovecraft himself in this Lovecraftian point’n’click adventure.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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Dolmen
Single-player alternative to The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy.
Dolmen is a terrifying new action RPG that combines futuristic Sci-Fi and Cosmic Horror elements. Will your timeline be erased or will you defeat your enemies to survive and fulfil your mission?
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The Hunter's Journals - Tattered Sails
Single-player alternative to The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Hunter's Journals - Vile Philosophy.
A horror lurks beneath the earth. Terror rises from the past.