Single-player games like FEAR background
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to FEAR background, 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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5 nights at Timokha 4: School
Single-player alternative to FEAR background — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FEAR background.
Continuation of the legendary saga about the naughty Timokha and his delicious pie!
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THE ILLUSION: NIGHTMARE
Single-player alternative to FEAR background — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with FEAR background.
THE ILLUSION NIGHTMARE Is a horror game made by professional crew In the art of horror. You will have the opportunity to experience one of the most powerful types of psychological horror Based on an environment designed in every detail to be a real hell that makes you terrified.
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Haunting of the Evil Spirit - Horror Choose your own adventure Novel
Single-player alternative to FEAR background — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with FEAR background.
Cursed Choices and ConsequencesHorror Visual Novel Set in a haunted house, with multiple puzzles, paths, and endings.And great atmospheric music.Choices are forgiving and let you go back without replaying big chunks of the game.Reads like a book.Approximately 3 hours of content.
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Monolith O Pesadelo
Single-player alternative to FEAR background — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FEAR background.
First person horror, Simple short game, look for keys, unlock passages. Be in an unknown location with a Dark atmosphere. In each phase there will be a different challenge, survive and advance while you try not to get caught. Avoid Scares.
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Scary Tales: Horror School
Single-player alternative to FEAR background — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with FEAR background.
Scary Tales: Horror School is a first-person survival horror game with three intense chapters—escape a haunted school, rescue a missing son from a chainsaw-wielding butcher, and soon, confront ancient black magic. Can you survive the nightmare?
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Evil Ritual - Horror Escape
Single-player alternative to FEAR background — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FEAR background.
You woke up in a cold and scary dungeon, and you don't know how you got there. After examining the situation and finding an old lamp, you try to get out, but you meet on your way: screamers, notes and various objects. Later, you realize that you have become part of an evil ritual!
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Bunker's Shadow
Single-player alternative to FEAR background — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with FEAR background.
The game is a First Person Shooter.In a huge dangerous underground, you need to save a little girl.Being lost in a huge bunker, the task is to survive and find the keys for the doors and find the way to the exit. An encounter with zombies and enemy soldiers is inevitable.
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Dark Tales from México: Prelude. Just a Dream... with The Sack Man
Single-player alternative to FEAR background — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with FEAR background.
An Handmade 3D Survival Horror based on true Mexican Folk Tales and Clay Sculptures. WARNING: Short game with NO SAVE FEATURE. You have to enter a progressive assembly maze, solve it and exit in less than 1 hour or you will return to the beginning.