Single-player games like Cheat Day
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cheat Day, 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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Effigy : The Descent
Single-player alternative to Cheat Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cheat Day.
Effigy : The Descent is a first-person survival-horror game in which you will face statues, with your lantern as your only tool to stop them. Gather all artefacts from the cave and freedom will be yours !
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Nightmare Journey
Single-player alternative to Cheat Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cheat Day.
You’re on a bus, caught in a cycle of shifting nightmares. escape the horrors, and reach the station awake and alive.
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Ashen Vow
Single-player alternative to Cheat Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cheat Day.
You are a knight sworn to God’s word, wielding only a sword against the darkness. But not all believers walk in good faith. The Black Maw has sunk its claws into the misguided, twisting their devotion into madness. Explore a once familiar castle now warped by evil, and cut down the corrupted horde
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I'm on Observation Duty 3
Single-player alternative to Cheat Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cheat Day.
A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house. If you see anyhting suspicious (furniture moving, extra objects, intruders), take a photo and send a report. Includes both VR- (windows only) and non-VR (windows, mac, linux)-versions.
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Dementium: The Ward
Single-player alternative to Cheat Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cheat Day.
Classic DS horror reborn. Awaken in an abandoned hospital with no memory, no escape and unspeakable horrors lurking in the dark. The horror classic Dementium: The Ward returns, enhanced for 4K display and Steam Deck Verified, where every shadow hides a new threat, and every corridor a new nightmare.
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Hide Alone
Single-player alternative to Cheat Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cheat Day.
You try to play dangerous hide and seek with a doll at home alone. Started out of curiosity, this hide-and-seek game has rules that must be followed or your life will be at risk. Never get caught by them, stay calm and survive to the end.
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iBLiS
Single-player alternative to Cheat Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cheat Day.
Demon is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy a realistic home environment and terrifying moments of being immersed in a real-life story.
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Stygian: Outer Gods
Single-player alternative to Cheat Day — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Cheat Day.
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?