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Single-player games like The forgotten phobia

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The forgotten phobia, 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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    Locks — Steam game cover

    Locks

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

    Locks is a horror puzzle-platformer set in a puppet show. The game features a new type of puzzle, and the evil doesn't chase the puppet, as it usually does in platformers, it chases you.

    2025IndieAdventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Screams from the Past — Steam game cover

    Screams from the Past

    Single-player alternative to The forgotten phobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The forgotten phobia.

    Uncover the dark past of an orphanage, gather clues and evidence, solve puzzles, and unveil the truth in a gripping suspense game. Your main mission is to unravel the mystery. Get ready for shocking revelations as you immerse yourself in the intriguing and chilling atmosphere.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DARQ: Complete Edition — Steam game cover

    DARQ: Complete Edition

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

    DARQ tells the story of Lloyd, a boy who finds himself in the middle of a lucid nightmare. Unable to wake up, Lloyd has to face his fears and decipher the meaning of the dream.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition — Steam game cover

    DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition

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

    DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Martha Is Dead — Steam game cover

    Martha Is Dead

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

    Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?

    2022IndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Static Dread: The Lighthouse — Steam game cover

    Static Dread: The Lighthouse

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

    Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker — Steam game cover

    The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker

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

    YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lucifer Within Us — Steam game cover

    Lucifer Within Us

    Single-player alternative to The forgotten phobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The forgotten phobia.

    Solve 3 increasingly intricate murders by examining the evidence -- find the motive, the means, and the opportunity. Use testimonies of the suspects as evidence by examining every detail for contradictions... and signs of sin. Purify the possessed. Purge the daemons.

    2020StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    VoxFox — Steam game cover

    VoxFox

    Single-player alternative to The forgotten phobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The forgotten phobia.

    VoxFox - a cute real-time strategy made in voxel graphics for any age.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DuelVox — Steam game cover

    DuelVox

    Single-player alternative to The forgotten phobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The forgotten phobia.

    DuelVox - a first-person shooter in the western style. Defeat all the cowboys and become the best shooter in the wild west!

    2020ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PhotoWorld — Steam game cover

    PhotoWorld

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

    PhotoWorld is a calm travel game, the essence of which is to take beautiful photos.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Divine Stone — Steam game cover

    Divine Stone

    Single-player alternative to The forgotten phobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The forgotten phobia.

    Divine Stone is a 2D platformer puzzle game in which you have to find answers to riddles that will definitely make you brainwash. In addition, time constraints and a variety of opponents will become an obstacle on your way.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LineVox — Steam game cover

    LineVox

    Single-player alternative to The forgotten phobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The forgotten phobia.

    LineVox is a casual cyberpunk game suitable for both one and several players, where you have to control the ship avoiding obstacles in order to win.

    2020IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    How does it work!? — Steam game cover

    How does it work!?

    Single-player alternative to The forgotten phobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The forgotten phobia.

    How does it work!? - Physics game in the genre of puzzle-constructor, performed in 3D graphics.

    2021StrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DuelVox: Max Quality — Steam game cover

    DuelVox: Max Quality

    Single-player alternative to The forgotten phobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The forgotten phobia.

    DuelVox: Max Quality is an offline first-person shooter made in western style. In this game there are many levels with different tasks, to complete them you will need ingenuity and dexterity, and sometimes even strategy.

    2021ActionIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PhotoWorld: Smooth Сorners — Steam game cover

    PhotoWorld: Smooth Сorners

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

    PhotoWorld: Smooth Corners is a third person 3D visual game in which the world is created for the player.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →