Single-player games like Fear the Dark Unknown
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Fear the Dark Unknown, 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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Selene's Unbearable Night
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown.
A third person survival horror game. Search for key objects, solve puzzles and face dangers in order to escape. Inspired by the old survival horror, with two playable characters and modern mechanics delve into the narrative story of Selene's Unbearable night.
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The Chant
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Fear the Dark Unknown.
A single-player, third person horror action-adventure game set on a remote spiritual island retreat. To survive you must craft, fight, and escape the psychedelic horrors set loose when a spiritual ritual goes wrong and awakens a dimension of cosmic terror.
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Tormented Souls 2
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Fear the Dark Unknown.
Caroline Walker returns in the sequel to the award-winning survival horror classic. Explore the decaying remains of the secluded Villa Hess, use improvised weapons to confront terrifying creatures, and bend the fabric of reality to save your sister from a twisted cult.
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Tormented Souls
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Fear the Dark Unknown.
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
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Daylight
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown.
You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.
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Remothered: Tormented Fathers
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
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The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown.
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a Korean survival horror-adventure. Venture from your deserted school to survive the horrors of the night. Explore the surrounding Sehwa district and uncover the shadow realm's dark secrets. Use everything at your disposal to avoid a demoness hellbent on killing you!
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Oxide Room 104
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown.
A bone-chilling body-horror game with escape room gameplay. Bad decisions have brought Matthew to this terrifying motel. Now it’s up to you to decide how to escape - will you make it out alive?
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Fear the Dark Unknown.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Fear the Dark Unknown.
A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Fear the Dark Unknown.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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Daymare: 1998
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
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Alone in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Fear the Dark Unknown.
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
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Fear the Dark Unknown: Chloe
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown.
The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.
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Fear the Dark Unknown: James
Single-player alternative to Fear the Dark Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fear the Dark Unknown.
The clock is ticking and the survival game can no longer be stopped. James and Chloe have been chosen and nothing will ever be the same again after discovering the Dark Unknown.