Single-player games like Domestic Defense
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Domestic Defense, 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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Those Who Remain
Single-player alternative to Domestic Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Domestic Defense.
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Domestic Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Domestic Defense.
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
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Penumbra Overture
Single-player alternative to Domestic Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Domestic Defense.
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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Bendy and the Dark Revival
Single-player alternative to Domestic Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Domestic Defense.
Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.
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White Noise 2
Single-player alternative to Domestic Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Domestic Defense.
Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!
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Metro Exodus
Single-player alternative to Domestic Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Domestic Defense.
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
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Metro: Last Light Redux
Single-player alternative to Domestic Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Domestic Defense.
It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
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Hello Neighbor
Single-player alternative to Domestic Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Domestic Defense.
Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.