Single-player games like Escape from Darkness
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Escape from Darkness, 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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Amnesia: Rebirth
Single-player alternative to Escape from Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Escape from Darkness.
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
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Precept
Single-player alternative to Escape from Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape from Darkness.
Precept is a first-person psychedelic action horror game with a heavy focus on exploration. Players take control of a night guard whose purpose is to finish his daily task. The player must find way to escape and survive from mysterious company's environment and entities.
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The Outlast Trials
Single-player alternative to Escape from Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape from Darkness.
Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?
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The Lost Gallery
Single-player alternative to Escape from Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape from Darkness.
Works of art are attacking people, turning an exhibition into a bloodbath in a single night. At the same time, you – a phantom thief – happen to be there to steal a valuable masterpiece.
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No Haste
Single-player alternative to Escape from Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape from Darkness.
No Haste is a survival horror game. Sneak into a shopping mall to steal, be discreet and smart and don't get caught by the Rist creature!
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Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼-
Single-player alternative to Escape from Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape from Darkness.
20 years after the birth of the legendary horror game "AOONI"... A completely new first-person, 3D horror stealth action "Absolute Fear -AOONI-" is now available! Players take on the role of a younger sister searching for her older sister in a mysterious mansion where AOONI roam.
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Hatch
Single-player alternative to Escape from Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape from Darkness.
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Escape from Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape from Darkness.
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.