Single-player games like Escape First 3
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Escape First 3, 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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Escape First 2
Single-player alternative to Escape First 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape First 3.
"Escape First 2" is the second installment of a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.
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Curious Cases
Single-player alternative to Escape First 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape First 3.
For Desktop or VR! In this 3 chapter story, you play as a modern day legend, Detective Thomas Moore. He has solved more cases than one can count, where others hit dead-ends, he gets to work.
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Escape First
Single-player alternative to Escape First 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape First 3.
"Escape First" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! It includes 3 different escape rooms to choose from and can be played competitively, co-op or solo.
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Tales of Escape
Single-player alternative to Escape First 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape First 3.
"Tales of Escape" is a series of 6 person multiplayer escape room adventures for virtual reality or desktop pc! Gather your friends and choose a story to play!
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The Experiment: Escape Room
Single-player alternative to Escape First 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape First 3.
"The Experiment" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game for virtual reality or desktop PC! You took part in an experiment that went out of control, can you escape the facilities before it's too late?
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Secret of Harrow Manor 2
Single-player alternative to Escape First 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape First 3.
Return to the town of Harrow Manor, this time the monsters are much more deadly. The keys and weapons are well hidden, see if you can make it out alive!
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Escape Simulator
Single-player alternative to Escape First 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape First 3.
First-person puzzler you can play solo or in an online co-op. Explore a set of highly interactive escape rooms. Move furniture, pick up and examine everything, smash pots and break locks! Play thousands of community-made rooms through the level editor.
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Unable to Exit 8
Single-player alternative to Escape First 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape First 3.
You receive an invitation on a "special" dating app, get excited and then get involved in an endless cycle of couples' hotels. You have to watch carefully for any unusual information. Can you solve these puzzles?
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Phasmophobia
Single-player alternative to Escape First 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Escape First 3.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
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The Escaper
Single-player alternative to Escape First 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Escape First 3.
3D escape room game with realtime graphics and physics-based puzzles.
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Escape First Alchemist ⚗️
Single-player alternative to Escape First 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape First 3.
First-person escape game, playable solo or co-op with up to 4 people. Solve riddles of a reclusive alchemist that trapped you in his workshop. Brew potions and overcome challenges as he laughs at your failures and makes light of your successes...But what if things are not what they seem?
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Unsafe Express
Single-player alternative to Escape First 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Escape First 3.
Unsafe Express is a cooperative first-person survival horror game for 1-4 players. Navigate through space stations, collect materials and outlast your enemies! Choose your objective based on complexity levels, then cast your vote. Gather items, exterminate hostiles, fulfill missions and repeat!
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Fovos VR
Single-player alternative to Escape First 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fovos is a post-apocalyptic horror, rail shooter for the HTC Vive, set in a future where an omnipotent AI is taking over human brains through genetic implants.