Single-player games like A Day Out
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to A Day Out, 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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NightSpawn
Single-player alternative to A Day Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Day Out.
NightSpawn is a FREE to PLAY multiplayer horror game where investigators explore cursed locations, complete objectives, and escape supernatural monsters. Play co-op with friends or control the monster in asymmetric multiplayer modes including intense 4v1 hunts and competitive team-based matches.
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The Backrooms - Nightmare Dimension
Single-player alternative to A Day Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Day Out.
The Backrooms - Nightmare Dimension is a Co-op online horror game with up to 4 players, where you and your friends take on the roles of soldiers who are part of the SCP Foundation with the mission to eliminate the mysterious entities found in the infamous place called "the Backrooms".
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MetaPhysical
Single-player alternative to A Day Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Day Out.
Supernatural phenomena are on the rise. In MetaPhysical you and up to 5 other friends can go on the hunt for eerie creatures to put an end to their sinister activities! Whether it's an ordinary ghost or a demon, your task is to identify the rumbling creature and then finish it off.
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Horror Simulator VR
Single-player alternative to A Day Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Day Out.
The First Multiplayer Horror VR game inspired by Phasmophobia. Play with friends, laugh & run! Work together to solve puzzles, explore creepy places & survive scary chases with cool power-ups & customized avatars.
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Snipe Hunt
Single-player alternative to A Day Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Day Out.
Explore atmospheric, spooky mazes. Bring tools with you to test evidence scattered throughout the mazes. Uncover the identity of the monster while avoiding becoming its next victim. Lay out a trap with the right bait to capture it or use your instincts to escape to hunt another day.
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Phylakterion
Single-player alternative to A Day Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Day Out.
Phylakterion is a 1-4 player online co-op horror game in which you’ll enter different locations in search of a possessed vessel. Search, Identify, and Destroy the vessel and the entity inhabiting it – before the entity finds YOU!
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Remnant Records
Single-player alternative to A Day Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Day Out.
Remnant Records is a horror investigation game for 1 to 4 players. Explore places haunted by the dead, survive elaborate and unique ghosts and find out what happened to them through thousands of generated stories.
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Dark Past
Single-player alternative to A Day Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Day Out.
Dark Past is based on psychological horror by paranormal activity occurring during your investigations. Play solo or up to 4 players to try and solve the mystery of what entity is left behind.
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Deep Rock Galactic
Single-player alternative to A Day Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with A Day Out.
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
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Folklore Hunter
Single-player alternative to A Day Out — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Day Out.
You’re a world-renowned hunter of supernatural beasts. Track down urban legends from all over the world, set traps, solve disturbing puzzles, and defeat the beasts before you succumb to their otherworldly presence.