Single-player games like Starless
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Starless, 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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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to Starless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Starless.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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Last Frame
Single-player alternative to Starless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starless.
Last Frame is a First-Person Psychological Horror set within an isolated West Virginia corporate facility. Explore your surroundings, use what you can to survive, and uncover the secrets to discover your true purpose.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to Starless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starless.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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Syndrome
Single-player alternative to Starless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Starless.
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
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NEDRA
Single-player alternative to Starless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starless.
NEDRA is a story-driven, atmospheric action-adventure blending survival horror with cosmic terror. Set in a Soviet-era Antarctic station, all the explorers have vanished without a trace, leaving you to uncover the chilling truth.
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Directive 8020
Single-player alternative to Starless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Starless.
Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Starless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Starless.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Death Park 2
Single-player alternative to Starless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starless.
Shoot terrifying monsters and a killer clown in a haunted city full of nightmares. Explore 8 locations, solve puzzles, switch between dream and reality, and make choices that shape your escape. Death Park 2 is a horror FPS with multiple endings and a boss fight.
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Alien
Single-player alternative to Starless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Starless.
Alien is a visual novel exclusively for adults! This story is about a guy who has been dreaming of having sex with an alien woman for a very long time. At some point, this dream comes true and the guy finally fucked an alien woman!