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Single-player games like 9 Childs Street

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to 9 Childs Street, 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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    Forest 6174 — Steam game cover

    Forest 6174

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    A brief narrative-driven psychological horror experience in first person (no jumpscares, story and dialogue-focused). You play as Danny, who is unexpectedly summoned to receive a break from his daily routine... However, things start to look out of place once you get deeper into the forest.

    2025IndieAdventure1.34 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    From The Darkness — Steam game cover

    From The Darkness

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.

    2021IndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Welcome to Kowloon — Steam game cover

    Welcome to Kowloon

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.

    2023IndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Witch's Doll — Steam game cover

    Witch's Doll

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    Witch's Doll is a first-person psychological horror game with realistic graphics. Beware, something is lurking in the dark. Get ready for intense jumpscares.

    2024IndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fatal Midnight — Steam game cover

    Fatal Midnight

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    During the night, Dan is awakened by unusual sounds coming from deep inside the house. Concerned about his sister's condition, he decides to check on her. Upon entering her room, he discovers that she has disappeared. Fear grips him, and he starts rushing around the house looking for her.

    2024IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Silent Still — Steam game cover

    Silent Still

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Silent Still is a first-person psychological horror game that delves into the terrifying experience of sleep paralysis and nightmares. You will feel the true horror that sleep paralysis can bring and the overwhelming fear it instills in a person.

    2024Simulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Silent Nights — Steam game cover

    Silent Nights

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation1.19 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Lightkeeper — Steam game cover

    The Lightkeeper

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper

    2025IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outlast — Steam game cover

    Outlast

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outlast 2 — Steam game cover

    Outlast 2

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Trapped — Steam game cover

    Trapped

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    You come to your senses in this place, you do not understand what is happening, but you know that it is better to get out of here as soon as possible

    2019IndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MADiSON — Steam game cover

    MADiSON

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Psalm 5:9-13 — Steam game cover

    Psalm 5:9-13

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    "Psalm 5:9-13" is a first-person psychological horror game with VHS effect. Be careful and attentive, there is something hiding in these rooms, something is watching from the darkness.

    2024Indie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SHE WAS 98 — Steam game cover

    SHE WAS 98

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    “SHE WAS 98” - you play as a grandson who returns to his elderly grandmother's home to care for her.....

    2026Indie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Psalm 2 — Steam game cover

    Psalm 2

    Single-player alternative to 9 Childs Street — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9 Childs Street.

    First-person psychological horror where the elevator is the only safe place. Each floor is a new reality. Each floor has a new inhabitant. Find it to continue your descent downward.

    2026IndieAdventure6.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →