Single-player games like Nightmare Frames
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Nightmare Frames, 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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The Dark Rites of Arkham
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmare Frames.
A macabre ritual murder puts Arkham PD detectives Jack Foster and Harvey Whitman to the test. As the investigation progresses, they will unveil a disturbing connection between the Salem witch trials of the 17th century and the end of humankind.
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An English Haunting
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmare Frames.
While looking for the existence of the Great Beyond, Professor Patrick Moore, aided by a fake medium, will build a device to see the other side, embark on a search for a millenary artifact, and investigate the most haunted manor of 1907 England.
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Alone Again: The Countryside
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You live in Caçapava, in an isolated neighborhood, in the countryside. Mysterious creatures move around your house, you can’t protect yourself. Reach them or they will reach you...
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The Horror Of Salazar House
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmare Frames.
Will you solve the mystery of the Salazar manor or will you become another permanent inhabitant? An Italian horror inspired adventure game!
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Midnight Scenes: A Safe Place
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmare Frames.
Phil's life has crumbled to dust. The four walls of his room have become his safe haven. He yearns for sleep...but terrible nightmares haunt him. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
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The Drifter
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmare Frames.
A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.
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COLINA: Legacy
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmare Frames.
Alex wakes up at his grandmother’s, left alone in a silent house. Unsure where his family is, he begins to uncover a dark mystery in an attempt to escape. Facing his fear in an endless nightmare, Alex must survive the dead of night, a cursed forest, and paranormal activities before daylight arrives.
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Midnight Scenes: From the Woods
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmare Frames.
Disturbing incidents begin happening after the arrival of a new patient at Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.
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Twin Peaks VR
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmare Frames.
Twin Peaks VR brings people into the world of Twin Peaks using the immersive technology of VR. Based on the iconic television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, players will be able to experience several locations from the show including the Red Room, Glastonbury Grove, Sheriff's Department, Glass Box Observation and more.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmare Frames.
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.
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Event Horizon
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Take command of a space fleet and start your galaxy exploration mission.
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Medved Hellraiser
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmare Frames.
You are the only one who can restore order to the world! Arm yourself and stop this madness using your shooting potential.
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Unusual Findings
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmare Frames.
Three friends uncover mysteries in the 1980s. Follow their amazing adventures in a game where your decisions really matter. Be prepared to spin like a record on your incredible journey back to the era of synthesizers, VHS Rental stores, 8 bits games and evil alien conspiracies.
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Primordia
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmare Frames.
Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.
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Unavowed
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Frames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nightmare Frames.
A demon has possessed you and used your body to tear a swath of bloodshed through New York. You are now free, but life as you knew it is over. Your only path forward is joining the Unavowed - an ancient society dedicated to stopping evil. No matter what the cost.