Single-player games like Buried in Ice
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Buried in Ice, 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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Blame Echoes
Single-player alternative to Buried in Ice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Buried in Ice.
Blame Echoes is a first-person psychological horror under a frozen planet in alien ruins. Playing as pilot Adam Lorn, you explore a forgotten complex for your missing wife while facing a presence that somehow already knows you.
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Directive 8020
Single-player alternative to Buried in Ice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Buried in Ice.
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.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Buried in Ice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Buried in Ice.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Chernobylite Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Buried in Ice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Buried in Ice.
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
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MUZY
Single-player alternative to Buried in Ice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Buried in Ice.
Explore the mystery behind a once-loved and hugely popular children's toy, also known as MUZY, in this terrifying horror adventure game. Several reports detail frightening incidents connected to accidents. Your job is to solve the puzzles and find the cause of these unsettling occurrences.
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Stygian: Outer Gods
Single-player alternative to Buried in Ice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Buried in Ice.
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?
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Pathologic Classic HD
Single-player alternative to Buried in Ice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Buried in Ice.
Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.
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Vortex: The Gateway
Single-player alternative to Buried in Ice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Buried in Ice.
Vortex: The Gateway is an open world survival horror game with two game modes. If you want to survive then be alert, sneak, build and fight. Meanwhile life back on Earth changes dramatically. What changes? You will get bits of information through your adventure. Prepare for the worst!