Single-player games like Dread X Collection 2
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Dread X Collection 2, 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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Dread X Collection
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread X Collection 2.
10 Tales of Terror from 10 Twisted Minds. Made in only 7 Sleepless Nights. The Dread X Collection is a series of small games created by some of the most talented indie devs around, all with the same mission: create the P.T. for the horror project of their dreams.
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Bring to Light
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread X Collection 2.
Trapped in the city subway system due to a sudden disaster, you explore the depths of the tunnels to find your way out. The further you explore, the more you realize there is more to this disaster...and the lurking shadows are following your every move.
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Julio's Adventure 3
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread X Collection 2.
In this first-person horror game, sanity changes everything and can turn nights into a living nightmare. Survive at Tamixa School whilst carrying out various tasks, keeping your cool and avoiding Julio and his friends.
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Dead of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread X Collection 2.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread X Collection 2.
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 Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread X Collection 2.
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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Arrogation: Unlight of Day
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread X Collection 2.
Arrogation: Unlight of Day is a psychological horror game set in World War II. You will play as a lone reporter searching for his lost family in an abandoned village from 80s China. Beyond darkness, you will find nightmarish creatures and secrets from the long lost Imperial Japanese Army.
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Those Who Remain
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread X Collection 2.
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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WORLD OF HORROR
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dread X Collection 2.
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
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Charlotte
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dread X Collection 2.
Charlotte is a horror-puzzle walking sim based on the short story, The Yellow Wall-paper.
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Sucker for Love: Prelude
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dread X Collection 2.
Preform a series of scary rituals to win over an eldritch cutie and win a smooch!
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Squirrel Stapler
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dread X Collection 2.
Hunt squirrels, staple them to a corpse, and meet god.
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Dread X Collection 4: The Hunt
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dread X Collection 2.
A horror anthology shooter in the Dread X Collection series. Co-produced by DUSK creator David Szymanski. Featuring 7 new short games, a robust launcher world set in an abandoned arctic base.
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Dread X Collection 3
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dread X Collection 2.
Experience 12 all-new games made exclusively for this unique horror anthology. Explore a mysterious castle that changes as you play. Keep your wits about you as the line between cute and creepy begins to blur. Uncover the next chapter in the ongoing Dread X Collection storyline.