Single-player games like Little Nightmares III
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Little Nightmares III, 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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Little Nightmares II
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.
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Little Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
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INSIDE
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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Unholy
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Open the doors between your everyday reality and a dark unholy world to unveil the mystery of the disappearance of your child. Explore both worlds to find clues, solve puzzles, decide whether you infiltrate or fight brutal enemies and stand up to an aberrant establishment.
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Paranormal Cleanup
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!
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Haunt Chaser
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Haunt Chaser is a 4 Player Co-Op horror game, can be played as a Single-Player too. Chasers need to use all the hunting equipment in order to banish the evil and save the poor souls from torment while uncovering deeply disturbing secrets. Also, there is a 4v1 party game mode.
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The Outlast Trials
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
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HELLSEED: All Chapters
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
HELLSEED is a first-person horror adventure that combines puzzles, action, and a chilling narrative. In a dark world full of supernatural threats, you’ll need to solve complex puzzles and manage your sanity. This isn’t just a fight for survival—it's a journey into the depths of terror.
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
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REANIMAL
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
The creators of Little Nightmares™ I & II have returned to take you on a darker, more terrifying journey than ever before. In this horror adventure game, a brother & sister go through hell to rescue their missing friends and escape the island that they used to call home.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Guide two brothers on an epic fairy tale journey from visionary Swedish film director, Josef Fares and top-tier developer Starbreeze Studios. Control both brothers at once as you experience co-op play in single player mode, like never before.
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DARQ: Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
DARQ tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who finds himself in the middle of a lucid nightmare. Unable to wake up, Lloyd has to face his fears and decipher the meaning of the dream.
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the another world
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
The Another World is a fantasy-themed adventure game where you have to defeat the monster king, but before that, you have to find a key to open each door to reach the monster king, and every time you look for the key, there will be monsters in your way! Be careful
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Until Dawn™
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Rebuilt and enhanced for PC – Until Dawn invites you to relive the nightmare, and immerse yourself in a gripping slasher horror where every decision can make the difference between life and death.
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The Quarry
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
At the close of the Iraq War, Special Forces hunting for weapons of mass destruction unearth something far deadlier – a buried Sumerian temple containing a nest of unearthly creatures. To survive the night below, they must forge a brotherhood with their enemies from the world above.
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Trapped and isolated in the abandoned town of Little Hope, 4 college students and their teacher must escape the nightmarish apparitions that relentlessly pursue them through an impenetrable fog.
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The Casting of Frank Stone™
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
The shadow of Frank Stone looms over Cedar Hills, a town forever altered by his violent past. As a group of young friends are about to discover, Stone’s blood-soaked legacy cuts deep, leaving scars across families, generations, and the very fabric of reality itself.
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
A group of documentary film makers receive a mysterious call inviting them to a modern-day replica of serial killer H.H. Holmes ‘Murder Castle’. But on arrival they soon discover they’re being watched, and even manipulated, and suddenly there is much more at stake than just their ratings…
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Directive 8020
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.