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Single-player games like The Night of Joe

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Night of Joe, 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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    Uventa — Steam game cover

    Uventa

    Single-player alternative to The Night of Joe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Night of Joe.

    The tragic fate brings you, a simple night guard, to an abandoned school. Plunge into a horrifying story and get to the bottom of the secret that this spectre of the long-gone Soviet era has in store.

    2018IndieViolentGore0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    It Steals — Steam game cover

    It Steals

    Single-player alternative to The Night of Joe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of Joe.

    AROUND EVERY CORNER. Face against stealthy antagonists that will take advantage of your expectations.

    2020ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PARANOIA PLACE — Steam game cover

    PARANOIA PLACE

    Single-player alternative to The Night of Joe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of Joe.

    PARANOIA PLACE is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Together or alone, you will need to solve puzzles, find items and run from the bloodthirsty demonic killer.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh — Steam game cover

    Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh

    Single-player alternative to The Night of Joe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of Joe.

    Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monstrum — Steam game cover

    Monstrum

    Single-player alternative to The Night of Joe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Night of Joe.

    Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.

    2015Indie17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alien: Isolation — Steam game cover

    Alien: Isolation

    Single-player alternative to The Night of Joe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Night of Joe.

    Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

    2014Action39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slender: The Arrival — Steam game cover

    Slender: The Arrival

    Single-player alternative to The Night of Joe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of Joe.

    Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Betrayer — Steam game cover

    Betrayer

    Single-player alternative to The Night of Joe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of Joe.

    Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the 17th century.The year is 1604. You sailed from England expecting to join a struggling colony on the coast of Virginia. Instead, you find only ghosts and mysteries. What catastrophe blighted the land and drained it of color and life?

    2014ActionIndieAdventureDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →