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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.