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Single-player games like Pneumata

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Pneumata, 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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    NEDRA — Steam game cover

    NEDRA

    Single-player alternative to Pneumata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pneumata.

    NEDRA is a story-driven, atmospheric action-adventure blending survival horror with cosmic terror. Set in a Soviet-era Antarctic station, all the explorers have vanished without a trace, leaving you to uncover the chilling truth.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Amnesia: Rebirth — Steam game cover

    Amnesia: Rebirth

    Single-player alternative to Pneumata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pneumata.

    A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.

    2020IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Amnesia: The Dark Descent — Steam game cover

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent

    Single-player alternative to Pneumata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pneumata.

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

    2010ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Skinfreak — Steam game cover

    Skinfreak

    Single-player alternative to Pneumata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Pneumata.

    The city’s most disturbing serial killer is at large and has his sights set on Belle.  Can she escape this maniac’s fleshy, rotting clutches?  Or will she lose her skin to this sicko’s collection?

    2025ActionAdventureSimulation12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Edge of Sanity — Steam game cover

    Edge of Sanity

    Single-player alternative to Pneumata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pneumata.

    Set in the unforgiving lands of Alaska, Edge of Sanity is a Cthulhu-inspired, 2D survival horror game. Uncover a disturbing story while madness claws at your mind. Lead a group of survivors and explore, scavenge and survive together - against untold eldritch horrors.

    2024ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hello Neighbor — Steam game cover

    Hello Neighbor

    Single-player alternative to Pneumata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pneumata.

    Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Phantaruk — Steam game cover

    Phantaruk

    Single-player alternative to Pneumata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pneumata.

    Phantaruk combines survival horror with adventure and stealth mechanics. Expect true shivers down your spine as you fight for your life not only facing the dangers of the Purity-02 spaceship, but most of all - when you try to get rid of toxins continually destroying you from the inside.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Persistence — Steam game cover

    The Persistence

    Single-player alternative to Pneumata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pneumata.

    Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Resident Evil — Steam game cover

    Resident Evil

    Single-player alternative to Pneumata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Pneumata.

    The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Resident Evil 7 Biohazard — Steam game cover

    Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

    Single-player alternative to Pneumata — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Pneumata.

    Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.

    2017ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →