Single-player games like Chasing Static
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Chasing Static, 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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CH13: Rest Stop
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
CH13: Rest Stop is a psychological horror game set in early 2000s Poland. What begins as a calm drive through the woods turns into something you weren't prepared for... Will you find out what awaits at the end of the road?
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Bleeding Nightmare | 血に染まる悪夢
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
Descend into the fever dreams of a traumatized young man in a first-person psychological horror game about grief, trauma, and fractured memories. Confront the horrors of your past and find a way back home from Hell. KNOCK, AND THEY WILL ANSWER.
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The Strange Lights
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
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Last Days of Lazarus
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
After their mother's suicide, Lazarus returns home to his sister Lyudmila. But unexplained events make the world and even reality collapse around him. Looming death, a spreading malediction and the supernatural threaten his sanity, yet Lazarus pushes forward to find the truth about his family.
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Mundaun
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
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Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.
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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chasing Static.
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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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chasing Static.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
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Stranger Things 3: The Game
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Chasing Static.
Stranger Things 3: The Game is the official companion game to Season 3 of the hit original series! Play through familiar events from the series while also uncovering never-before-seen quests, character interactions, and secrets!
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Hollowbody
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
A tech-noir survival horror short story, set in the urban decay of a long abandoned British city. Solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources and fight for a way to escape beyond the wall.
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Penumbra Overture
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
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SCP
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
Explore, craft, and survive in a post-apocalyptic world where SCP anomalies roam freely. Brace yourself for nightly assaults as SCP-049's twisted creations close in.
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Guard Duty
Single-player alternative to Chasing Static — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Static.
Guard Duty is a comedy adventure about love, loss and the end of the world. Experience an unforgettable story spanning across two radically different time periods.