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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Aftermath
Single-player alternative to Starless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Starless.
In AFTERMATH, players follow Charlie's journey through an unfamiliar European city, searching for her daughter and fighting not only an unearthly presence, but also her own demons.
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Hollow Crew
Single-player alternative to Starless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Starless.
Hollow Crew is a survival horror set in the confines of an isolated space station. Its loyal androids have suddenly been turned against you - survive their relentless hunt and contain the emergency, or die trying.
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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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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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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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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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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!