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Single-player games like Alchemists

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Alchemists, 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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    Desdemona — Steam game cover

    Desdemona

    Single-player alternative to Alchemists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alchemists.

    Gather your courage and face the ghost danger.Clean the curses and hunt the ghost!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    惊魂日记 FrightDiary — Steam game cover

    惊魂日记 FrightDiary

    Single-player alternative to Alchemists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemists.

    This is a decryption adventure game, need to explore every tomb, as far as possible to find clues to go out, the darkness is indispensable is the source of fire, ensure the transmission of fire, you can have the opportunity to go out.

    2023ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Unhuman Nightmare — Steam game cover

    Unhuman Nightmare

    Single-player alternative to Alchemists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alchemists.

    Unhuman Nightmare is a 4 player online co-op game where a team of thieves want to steal items from haunted places. What they don't know is that the places are full of traps set by ghosts. Chances are, they'll not escape alive...

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lastbane — Steam game cover

    Lastbane

    Single-player alternative to Alchemists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alchemists.

    Lastbane is a CO-OP asymmetric horror game. Together with your friends, you must try to escape the map silently without being caught by sound-sensitive creatures that react to microphones and in-game voice chat.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Enigma Manor — Steam game cover

    Enigma Manor

    Single-player alternative to Alchemists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alchemists.

    Enigma Manor is a 1-4 player co-op survival horror game. Navigate your way through the procedurally generated manor, fend off monsters, solve puzzles and find a way to escape.

    2023ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Daemonium — Steam game cover

    Daemonium

    Single-player alternative to Alchemists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alchemists.

    Daemonium is a 1-4 player online co-op psychological horror game. Demonic possessions are running rampant. Grab your equipment, join your team, and locate the source of the demonic presence. Enter the portal to the demon realm and perform an exorcism to banish the demon to hell.

    2024ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ambushed — Steam game cover

    Ambushed

    Single-player alternative to Alchemists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Alchemists.

    Ambushed is a 4-player online co-operative horror game. You are trapped in a forest haunted by the ghosts of those who have died here. It's dark. It's cold. But you have nowhere else to go. If you want to live you'll need to finish the ritual and cleanse the forest of the spirits residing there.

    2022IndieEarly Access6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deborg Desolation Pre-Born — Steam game cover

    Deborg Desolation Pre-Born

    Single-player alternative to Alchemists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alchemists.

    Deborg Desolation is a first-person indie game intended for the survival of mankind. Train to be a soldier capable of containing any injurious entity to achieve the survival of your own race, seek to plan strategies that allow your advancement without stopping.

    2021ActionAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →