Single-player games like Childhood Fears
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Childhood Fears, 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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HOW
Single-player alternative to Childhood Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Childhood Fears.
A psychological horror game where you play as a prisoner exploring the depths of a large and horrific medical facility. You must survive the many creatures and abominations inside and find all the secrets hidden within the strange new labyrinth.
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Don't Leave
Single-player alternative to Childhood Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Childhood Fears.
Welcome to a mysterious adventure where justice and the supernatural intertwine! Judge Harlan, in his old country cottage, faces a mysterious presence after his mother's sudden departure. Explore justice's limits in this extraordinary tale!
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Kohate
Single-player alternative to Childhood Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Childhood Fears.
Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex.
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The Evil Within
Single-player alternative to Childhood Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Childhood Fears.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
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The Void
Single-player alternative to Childhood Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Childhood Fears.
Only brought to life by scarce sparks of Color, the bleak, grey Void is a peculiar place. The player gets to explore it, get to know the Sisters, Brothers, and other weird creatures inhabiting it, and learn the ways of Color, harvesting it and drawing sigils that change the world around them.
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Mirror Forge
Single-player alternative to Childhood Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Childhood Fears.
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
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Hide Alone
Single-player alternative to Childhood Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Childhood Fears.
You try to play dangerous hide and seek with a doll at home alone. Started out of curiosity, this hide-and-seek game has rules that must be followed or your life will be at risk. Never get caught by them, stay calm and survive to the end.
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Dementium: The Ward
Single-player alternative to Childhood Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Childhood Fears.
Classic DS horror reborn. Awaken in an abandoned hospital with no memory, no escape and unspeakable horrors lurking in the dark. The horror classic Dementium: The Ward returns, enhanced for 4K display and Steam Deck Verified, where every shadow hides a new threat, and every corridor a new nightmare.