Single-player games like 408 - The Forbidden Room
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to 408 - The Forbidden Room, 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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Jumpscare Scare Jump
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
This is a casual horror game similar to a haunted attraction, where you search for 50 jumpscares. Whether you like them or not, this game will help you build up your tolerance to them!!
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OutRUN
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
You play as two different people in the same creepy motel, and everything you think you know keeps changing. One moment you're Allison, running from something in her past, and the next you're Emma doing a late-night cleaning shift. You see the same events from totally different angles. You're JUDGE!
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Calvar - The Darkest Gate
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
Calvar – The Darkest Gate is a relentless first-person horror descent into madness, illusion, and decay. Crafted by a dedicated two-man team, this passion project drags you into a world where reality fractures and every step feels forbidden. Nothing is certain. No one is safe.
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Clink
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
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Fuck You Witch
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
Your best friend has confessed her love for you... but the problems don't stop there. You've started to hallucinate. All this interferes with sleeping and eating, and in general disrupts your ideal lifestyle. Yell obscenities at the witch, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Qazaq steppes
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Mirror Forge
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
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NAGAISAN
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
I came to know "her." Since then, I've felt someone's gaze from somewhere. Memories of the place I reached while searching for a lost dog in the past. I'm not sure if it's connected, but I did something. "NAGAISAN" is an adventure game based on urban legends.
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Sasaeng | 사생
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
A first-person psychological horror game about the life of a K-pop idol. Explore a luxury apartment, Korean streets, and your agency building as you confront the unsettling truth hidden beneath the surface.
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Fear in The Modern House - CH2
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
A psychological horror game, based on horror movie stories, in which you live Josh's life, dubbed and subtitled.
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Fear in The Modern House - CH3
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
Face the challenges behind this supposedly cursed residence, solve puzzles, find hidden objects, and find a way to escape this place without getting caught.
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Until Lights Out
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
A beautiful Christmas night that was interrupted, by a haunting and terrible curse. Look for an answer to all this, and maybe you have a chance to survive.
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Dawn Of Hell
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
Explore the cursed village and discover the sinister secrets it hides. Survive a terrible night and solve puzzles as you try to escape the curse that plagues the place. Experience tension and fear at every step in this horror game.
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REC: Beyond The Lens
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
REC: Beyond The Lens is a first-person horror game that tells the story of an unresolved past, with realistic graphics. Explore an unknown location, investigating dark secrets while using a body camera to document every step
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Amidst The Haze
Single-player alternative to 408 - The Forbidden Room — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 408 - The Forbidden Room.
Enter a world where survival becomes a lethal game. In "Amidst The Haze", your simple trip to the supermarket turns into a terrifying nightmare when a thick, unfathomable fog engulfs the city, isolating the supermarket as the only safe haven.