Single-player games like I_Darkness
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to I_Darkness, 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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Lost Traces: Genesis
Single-player alternative to I_Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.
Uncover the terrifying truth behind the Blackwood conspiracy in this first-person psychological horror. Use emerging psychic powers to solve deep, environmental puzzles and survive the secrets of Project GENESIS.
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The Puzzler
Single-player alternative to I_Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.
The Puzzler is a first-person escape room style puzzle game where you must solve challenging puzzles using a unique spell-casting system.
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TOX-17
Single-player alternative to I_Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Analyze real video footage to solve a poisoning case. Discover the country, city, neighborhood and final location. Every detail may be a clue.
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The Anomaly Experiment
Single-player alternative to I_Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I_Darkness.
Sentenced to life in prison, you’re offered freedom by joining a trial for a new drug. The experiment is simple: enter the room, observe, and identify what has changed. Complete all tasks, and your sentence is commuted. But, the further you go, the more unsettling your reality becomes.
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Two Hour Escape Mystery: A Puzzling Voyage
Single-player alternative to I_Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.
You're trapped on a strange ship! To escape, you must solve puzzles, explore unique rooms, meet a couple interesting characters, and uncover a mystery to figure out why you're here. Who knows, you may even stop something bad from happening along the way… Bon voyage!
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Ocularis
Single-player alternative to I_Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.
An ancient intelligence can no longer learn so it made you. Enter a sequence of abstract chambers, decipher an unfamiliar visual language, and solve the puzzles it created. As you learn through its carefully constructed experiences, it studies how you learn...and begins to understand again.
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Beyond The Evil
Single-player alternative to I_Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I_Darkness.
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.
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Escape First 2
Single-player alternative to I_Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with I_Darkness.
"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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Project Unirah
Single-player alternative to I_Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I_Darkness.
Project Unirah is a third person shooter created by a single developer using Unreal Engine 4. Fight your way through a factory setting, learn what happened and uncover the reason for your existence.