Single-player games like Little Nightmares III
Below are 22 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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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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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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The Midnight Walk
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Follow The Midnight Walk in a dark adventure from the minds behind Lost in Random. Befriend a lost lantern creature and light your way through a world of wonder and terror. Outsmart monsters and marvel at details in a landscape handcrafted with real clay and animated in a stop motion style.
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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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DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
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Bendy and the Dark Revival
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
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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Out of Sight
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
You’re Sophie, a young blind girl who sees through her teddy bear’s eyes. Escape your captors and uncover the evil history of the dark mansion you desperately seek to escape in this unique, atmospheric horror puzzle/adventure game.
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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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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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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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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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FAR: Lone Sails
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
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Unravel
Single-player alternative to Little Nightmares III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Little Nightmares III.
Unravel is a physics-based puzzle platformer. Yarny, a character made from a single thread of yarn, must embark on a larger than life adventure.
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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.