Single-player games like Gloomwood
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Gloomwood, 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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Blood West
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloomwood.
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
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Fallen Aces
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloomwood.
The A.C.E.S. Once the watchful guardians of Switchblade City - are being taken down, one by one. Now it's up to one man, with two fists, to get to the bottom of it all. Fallen Aces is a crime noir FPS that plays right out of the '90s and looks like it's right outta the comics.
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One Hunt
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloomwood.
Stranded in a blighted tundra with an ancient beast that is on the hunt. Keep your fingers warm and your shotgun loaded and you just might make it out alive.
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Backrooms: The Others
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Gloomwood.
Backrooms: The Others is a cooperative horror game for up to 4 players where you will be forced to explore these unknown nooks and crannies, trying to survive in this complex world where death can be waiting for you at every turn!
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Species: Unknown
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloomwood.
Species: Unknown is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror. Complete high-risk missions aboard an abandoned ship while being hunted by an unknown creature. Survive and upgrade your gear to face each new threat that lurks in the dark.
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Remnants of R'lyeh
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloomwood.
Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's Great Work. An ancient dark power is calling you and you need to find an exit. Face your greatest fear, fight, hide... you must escape before the underwater city rises...
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RetroSpace
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gloomwood.
Disco-punk space horror where you can be a sneaky chap or a mutant action hero as you try to survive on a space station swallowed by a black hole. A mind-bending ride with weird creatures, immersive features, time jumps, and '70s mustaches!
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Thief: Deadly Shadows
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gloomwood.
You are Garrett, the master thief. Rarely seen and never caught, Garrett is the best that ever was. Able to sneak past any guard, pick any lock, and break into the most ingeniously secured residences. Garrett steals from the wealthy and gives to himself, making his living in the dark and foreboding City.
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Thief
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gloomwood.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
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Thief: The Dark Project Remastered
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gloomwood.
The shadows are your ally. Return to the city as Garrett, master thief, in this remastered classic by Nightdive Studios. Pickpocket, prowl, and outsmart in a world where trust is a luxury and every stolen secret comes at a price.
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gloomwood.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gloomwood.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
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System Shock® 2 (1999)
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gloomwood.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
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Call of Cthulhu®
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
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System Shock
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gloomwood.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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Thief Gold
Single-player alternative to Gloomwood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gloomwood.
Stalk your prey on the quest for stolen goods with your blackjack, sword, and an assortment of unique arrows. Steal for money and uncover the hidden agendas of your allies and enemies as you play through an unravelling story of deception and revenge.