Single-player games like Fear Of The Dark
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Fear Of The Dark, 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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Aooni
Single-player alternative to Fear Of The Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
[This is the origin of "Blue Tragedy"]The legendary horror game "Ao Oni" is now available on Steam!
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Invasion: Brain Craving
Single-player alternative to Fear Of The Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
It's the zombie-slaying survival game with JRPG elements you didn't know you wanted! Get swarmed by zombies in active-time battles, search for other survivors, eat and most importantly: SURVIVE!
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Pembrey
Single-player alternative to Fear Of The Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
Two young film makers travel out deep into the Pembrey Forest in search for footage for their documentary. Record and document your findings and unravel the truth behind the famous "Pembrey Forest".
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Corpse Party
Single-player alternative to Fear Of The Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear Of The Dark.
A group of friends unknowingly perform an occult ritual that traps them in an otherworldly elementary school. Here, the vengeful spirits of young children threaten their lives and their sanity, and the only hope of survival is to uncover the chilling details behind the murders of those trapped before them...
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ARK -the lost fairytale-
Single-player alternative to Fear Of The Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear Of The Dark.
An exploration game made with 'RPG Maker'. Different from other exploration games where you solve puzzles through 'logical reasoning', these puzzles are based mainly on fairytales. Help the little girl find her favourite rabbit doll and discover the secrets of the mansion!
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Camp Sunshine
Single-player alternative to Fear Of The Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fear Of The Dark.
Camp Sunshine is a 16-bit blood-soaked Horror RPG that pits you as Jez, who is dropped off at Summer Camp. He awakes in the middle of the night to discover blood everywhere, a rampaging killer on the loose dressed in a mascot costume and himself involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse!
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A Bird Story
Single-player alternative to Fear Of The Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear Of The Dark.
An experimental short from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise: A simple & surreal 1-hour interactive animation about a boy and an injured bird, told without dialogues.If you're looking for To the Moon-like experience, I'd suggest playing Finding Paradise first.
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Last Word
Single-player alternative to Fear Of The Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fear Of The Dark.
In a society where having the last word means having power over others, a small party is disrupted by a gentleman who politely issues orders via one-way intercom.