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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Hidden Shelter
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread X Collection 2.
Death lurks in every corner of this journey filled with tension and despair. The brave may not be the smartest here and those who know the time to retreat are more likely to make it out alive in the end ... Find your lost friend in a house that holds unimaginable secrets.
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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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Beyond Silence
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread X Collection 2.
Beyond Silence is a first-person psychological horror where you play as James, a former surgeon who returns to the house of his past. The dark rooms, creaking floors, and forgotten notes hide the horrors he himself had a hand in. But the past won't let him go and it speaks to him through the silence
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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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Whispers of West Grove
Single-player alternative to Dread X Collection 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread X Collection 2.
A heart-pounding adventure taking place in the twisted town of West Grove. Play as a patient trapped in a world where dream and reality begin to blur. Use light to solve puzzles, reveal hidden items, and transform objects to explore in a way like never before.
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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.