Single-player games like Mirror Layers
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Mirror Layers, 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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Lost Traces: Genesis
Single-player alternative to Mirror Layers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mirror Layers.
Uncover the terrifying truth behind the Blackwood conspiracy in this first-person psychological horror. Use emerging psychic powers to solve deep, environmental puzzles and survive the secrets of Project GENESIS.
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Department 14
Single-player alternative to Mirror Layers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mirror Layers.
You're a regular employee of department 14. One day, after falling asleep at your desk, you wake up and notice that all the other workers have left early and you are alone in the department.
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Beyond The Evil
Single-player alternative to Mirror Layers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mirror Layers.
Beyond the Evil is an psychological horror game that places the player to a hard experience to find who created one supposed plague that might doom the world.
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Hidden Shelter
Single-player alternative to Mirror Layers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mirror Layers.
Death lurks in every corner of this journey filled with tension and despair. The brave may not be the smartest here and those who know the time to retreat are more likely to make it out alive in the end ... Find your lost friend in a house that holds unimaginable secrets.
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Fortune Follow: The Mansion
Single-player alternative to Mirror Layers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mirror Layers.
Fortune Follow is an exciting game that will take you through an atmosphere of terror and suspense as you solve challenging puzzles to advance through each room.
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Close Contact
Single-player alternative to Mirror Layers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mirror Layers.
Close Contact is a narrative-driven, sci-fi horror game where you must navigate an advanced underground base whilst avoiding the alien creature that stalks you.
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Saintless
Single-player alternative to Mirror Layers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mirror Layers.
Explore the halls of the underground cult of The Open Hand. Experience the test rooms setup for your initiation in this psychological horror exploration game. Never forget....they are always watching.
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THE NAUGHTY LIST CURSE
Single-player alternative to Mirror Layers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mirror Layers.
Let the elf guide you through the world of magic where everything you think you know will change. Fight against the darkness and help to give Christmas back its sparkle. You can run and you can hide, but can you save Christmas?
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Mirror Layers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mirror Layers.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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Darkwood
Single-player alternative to Mirror Layers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mirror Layers.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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Bunker
Single-player alternative to Mirror Layers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mirror Layers.
You have to visit an abandoned bunker and find mysterious artifacts in a limited time, your flashlight charge will not last long and staying in such a place in complete darkness will mean certain death