Single-player games like Krakatoa
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Krakatoa, 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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Awakeness: YALDA Night
Single-player alternative to Krakatoa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Krakatoa.
Awakeness is a first-person psychological horror set in Barzakh, a higher layer of reality where space and emotion distort. Explore looping corridors, solve subtle environmental puzzles, and evade an unseen presence using stealth and light.
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GEHENA
Single-player alternative to Krakatoa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Krakatoa.
Gehena is a single-player first-person horror game. The only way out of the cursed town is to make the right choice and not get caught in the fog. Is what you see real or is your mind playing tricks on you?
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Deborg Desolation Pre-Born
Single-player alternative to Krakatoa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Krakatoa.
Deborg Desolation is a first-person indie game intended for the survival of mankind. Train to be a soldier capable of containing any injurious entity to achieve the survival of your own race, seek to plan strategies that allow your advancement without stopping.
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Y. Village - The Visitors
Single-player alternative to Krakatoa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Krakatoa.
Batu, tormented by nightmares, is lured to a nameless village via cryptic letters. Investigating the village's secrets with just one friend, he wakes one night to discover his ally gone. He must now locate his friend and elude the village's dark mysteries.
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That Village
Single-player alternative to Krakatoa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Krakatoa.
As the village of Yugra forgets its past, the power of an ancient community awakens once more. Twelve objects, as part of a ritual, lead the villagers toward a dark future. Galip embarks on a journey to stop the magic and uncover its secrets.
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All in your head
Single-player alternative to Krakatoa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Krakatoa.
All in your head is a single-player first-person horror game. You find yourself in a cabin alone and your goal is to finish what you and your friends came here to do, but alone. Beware of Miley, a girl who roams the areas, because all you have is your phone's light.
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Moved mind
Single-player alternative to Krakatoa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Krakatoa.
Moved mind is a first person narrative psychological horror game, where you will be the subject of a psychological experiment where you will have to face your fears and differentiate reality from the symptoms of your illness.
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Placefall
Single-player alternative to Krakatoa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Krakatoa.
Placefall is a first-person horror game set across different locations. Explore, collect items, solve puzzles, hide from creatures that react to your sound, and uncover the truth behind your missing sister.