Single-player games like Deceased
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Deceased, 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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B-Horror: Subway
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deceased.
B-Horror: Subway is a psychological horror game that puts you in the role of a detective who has to solve the mysterious cases that happen in the city's underground. With the help of your flashlight and notes, you will be able to understand what is going on.
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Back rooms: The old Watcher
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deceased.
This work is inspired by Exit 8, Backrooms, and liminal spaces - environments that evoke an unsettling sense of the familiar yet strange. However, is there any way out for the old man? No, there isn't.
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The Corridor: On Behalf Of The Dead
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deceased.
Step into the fractured mind of a killer. Alone and unarmed, uncover evidence inside distorted memories as you solve puzzles and confront the horror inside the psyche of the accused.
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The Cadet Files : Scene Unseen
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deceased.
Against Time Challenging Mystery Solving GameNavigate crime scenes in 'The Cadet Files: Scene Unseen', using your tablet to solve puzzles and find hidden objects. Test your detective skills in a world of intrigue! Unravel mysteries, master new challenges,progress through levels.
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Haunted School The Presence Behind You
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deceased.
Here's an even shorter version, around 150 characters: "Midnight School Terror" Trapped with 7 ghosts. 360° horror forces you to turn. Uncover pasts, make choices. Salt is life. Creepy figures lurk everywhere. Escape or become the 7th spirit?
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Liminal Dreams
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deceased.
The elevator should have taken you home. Instead, it brought you somewhere that shouldn't exist. Explore liminal spaces, evade terrifying entities, and uncover the truth.
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Targeted –10 Days
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Deceased.
Can you survive 10 Days in this anomaly-finding game? Stay vigilant, because YOU ARE THE TARGET!
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SO BELOW
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deceased.
Gear up, hunt, adapt, survive. Engage in a co-op survival horror experience with up to 4 players online. Explore the haunted location, find the clues and tools needed to complete the ritual and defeat the entity. Will you be able to survive?
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Fallen
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deceased.
Story of a Father who is in search of his son who has fallen in a cave. You play as Father and fight with monsters,ghosts and deadly animals to save your son. This game has also local multiplayer which can be played upto four players.
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Deadly Traps
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deceased.
Battle yourself through dangerous traps in this fast-paced platformer.
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Lost In Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deceased.
Lost In Dungeon is a randomly generated action shooter with Rogue-like elements. Players will find bizarre treasures, Upgrade weapons and fight off droves of mysterious creatures.
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The Curse of Zigoris
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deceased.
The Curse Of Zigoris is an action adventure pixel art platformer game with a story about a girl who tries to lift the curse from her village.
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Dead No-Head
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deceased.
Dead No-Head is a third person action adventure story rich game in which Norix is brought back from the dead, with... No head! This headless hero will have quite the unexpected journey ahead of him.
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Red Glare
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deceased.
Red Glare is a WW2 real-time tactics game where you play agents of the OSS, the precursor to the CIA, combating a secret German expedition in South America. With five well balanced characters and a story campaign playing out across a continent.
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Relicbound
Single-player alternative to Deceased — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Deceased.
Relicbound is a TPS story rich action adventure game where you play as Jackson an archeologist abducted by a sinister organization to help them find a precious relic which can manipulate the time.