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Single-player games like Kriophobia

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Kriophobia, 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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    Cytokine Storm — Steam game cover

    Cytokine Storm

    Single-player alternative to Kriophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kriophobia.

    Cytokine Storm is a retro survival horror set inside a coma patient's body. Battle parasites, viruses, and a defective immune system to wake yourself up. Explore a surreal biological world where you must use your wits, weapons, and unique costumes to survive grotesque locations and puzzles.

    2027ActionAdventureFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dry Meadow — Steam game cover

    Dry Meadow

    Single-player alternative to Kriophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Kriophobia.

    Fight, sneak and scavenge through lands left altered after an unknown catastrophe from the Soviet Union. Light fires to stay warm. Drink vodka to stay sane.

    ActionIndieEarly AccessSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Asylum — Steam game cover

    Asylum

    Single-player alternative to Kriophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kriophobia.

    ASYLUM is an atmospheric first-person survival horror. Explore dark environments, hide from deadly creatures, and solve puzzles to survive. Listen to every sound and search for a way to escape in an atmosphere of constant threat.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dracula Awakens — Steam game cover

    Dracula Awakens

    Single-player alternative to Kriophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kriophobia.

    Kill monsters using your camera and solve puzzles as you try to survive Dracula himself in his castle in this retro-style survival horror game.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SHE (Seraphim Helix Experiment) — Steam game cover

    SHE (Seraphim Helix Experiment)

    Single-player alternative to Kriophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    A unique blend of tactical stealth action and survival horror, inspired by the classics. Trapped in a missile silo with an angelic entity and mutating personnel, new life grows in the belly of the lead researcher, the Sergeant has given you his orders, and an eerie voice sings through the walls.

    ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fragile Reflection — Steam game cover

    Fragile Reflection

    Single-player alternative to Kriophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kriophobia.

    A young woman returns back to her home in a rural Japanese village - but something is very wrong. Find items, solve puzzles, fight monsters and traverse between dimensions. Help Kario Ito reveal hidden mysteries and stay alive in this retro-styled survival horror!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure6.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tenebris Somnia — Steam game cover

    Tenebris Somnia

    Single-player alternative to Kriophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kriophobia.

    Tenebris Somnia is a 2D retro survival horror adventure game with live action cutscenes created by an award winning film crew from Argentina. Unveil the depths of a disturbing story by solving puzzles and fighting horrible creatures. ...What if they aren't just nightmares?

    2026IndieAdventureDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crow Country — Steam game cover

    Crow Country

    Single-player alternative to Kriophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Kriophobia.

    The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…

    2024ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Resident Evil — Steam game cover

    Resident Evil

    Single-player alternative to Kriophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kriophobia.

    The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SILENT HILL 2 — Steam game cover

    SILENT HILL 2

    Single-player alternative to Kriophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kriophobia.

    Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

    2024ActionAdventure34.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alone in the Dark — Steam game cover

    Alone in the Dark

    Single-player alternative to Kriophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kriophobia.

    Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.

    2024ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Thing from Nowhere — Steam game cover

    The Thing from Nowhere

    Single-player alternative to Kriophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kriophobia.

    Travel to a remote town in Alaska and uncover the truth behind reported sightings of a mythical creature from ancient Inuit folklore. A Choose Your Own Adventure mystery set in the 1950s, inspired by classic monster movies and Amiga's "It Came from the Desert".

    2023IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Thing: Remastered — Steam game cover

    The Thing: Remastered

    Single-player alternative to Kriophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The Thing: Remastered is a faithful restoration of the cult-classic 2002 third-person survival horror shooter game inspired by Universal Pictures’ genre-defining 1982 film, The Thing

    2024Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →