Single-player games like Close Contact
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Close Contact, 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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Sally's House
Single-player alternative to Close Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Close Contact.
Reach the forest and find Sally’s little house, a little girl changed after a dark encounter. Enemies chase you, every shadow hides a threat, and unsettling areas will make you feel like you’re in the Backrooms. One mistake means game over.
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Gaung
Single-player alternative to Close Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Close Contact.
Experience the spine-chilling horror game where you explore the haunted depths of an ancient cave shrouded in mystery. As Rani, you will navigate cryptic puzzles, eerie spirits, and survive the supernatural to uncover dark secrets and escape with your life.
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Night Clerk
Single-player alternative to Close Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Close Contact.
Night Clerk is a first-person horror experience set in a quiet roadside motel. Monitor CCTV cameras, answer late-night calls, and uncover subtle anomalies as long stretches of silence slowly give way to unsettling patterns.
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In The Backrooms
Single-player alternative to Close Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Close Contact.
"God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.."
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Horror Loop
Single-player alternative to Close Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Close Contact.
Horror Loop, made with a new generation game engine with a deep, impressive and original story, is waiting for you!
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Clink
Single-player alternative to Close Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Close Contact.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
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Creepy Shift: Roadside Diner
Single-player alternative to Close Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Close Contact.
A broke young man takes on the night shift at a roadside diner. In the glow of the blood moon, routine tasks turn into a fight for survival. First-person horror based on a dark creepypasta with a set of rescue rules.
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In My Head
Single-player alternative to Close Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Close Contact.
You have been sent photographs of a place where, according to rumors, an artifact of an ancient civilization is hidden... Do you dare to go there?!
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The Mars Agenda
Single-player alternative to Close Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Close Contact.
A lone astronaut with nothing but a guide book must complete various missions on Mars to get the planet ready for future habitation.
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Orbitect
Single-player alternative to Close Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Close Contact.
Space debris is out of control! Craft a station to take out the trash in this construction roguelite mashup.
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Twisted Logic: Abbotsfield
Single-player alternative to Close Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Close Contact.
As an Exorcist from the Office of Unexplained Phenomena, your task is to solve intricate logic puzzles - both in reality and in-game - in order to exorcise a demonic force. You have one hour.