Single-player games like Sometimes They Come Back
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Sometimes They Come Back, 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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PermaNight
Single-player alternative to Sometimes They Come Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sometimes They Come Back.
Survive in a world full of darkness. Gain resources. Kill entities. Repeat. But beware, there might be entities lurking around...
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Last Day: Zombie Survival VR
Single-player alternative to Sometimes They Come Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sometimes They Come Back.
A stranger, who awakens in a room with no recollection of how they got there, soon discovers they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious unknown person.
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Lastbane
Single-player alternative to Sometimes They Come Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sometimes They Come Back.
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.
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IMHA
Single-player alternative to Sometimes They Come Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sometimes They Come Back.
IMHA is a first-person shooter set on an island ravaged by a demon invasion. Battle your way through endless hordes of enemies and survive the onslaught of relentless ghouls and demons.
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OUTBREAK FALL: BIOHAZARD
Single-player alternative to Sometimes They Come Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Sometimes They Come Back.
Survive the fall of civilization in OUTBREAK FALL: BIOHAZARD — a fast-paced FPS where you fight infected hordes, explore ruined cities, and upgrade your gear to endure relentless outbreaks and escape the chaos.
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DEMON SIEGE
Single-player alternative to Sometimes They Come Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Sometimes They Come Back.
A retro-inspired boomer shooter where every powerup stacks infinitely. Become an unstoppable demon-slaying powerhouse with insane speed, massive jumps, multi-bullet weapons, and game-breaking builds.
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Resurection.
Single-player alternative to Sometimes They Come Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sometimes They Come Back.
Resurrection is a wave-based indie FPS by Bad Dev Studios. Fight endless, aggressive zombie hordes in a burning city. spend points at the random weapon box for better firearms, manage your ammo, and use precision sniping to survive increasingly difficult waves.
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Radiant Exodus
Single-player alternative to Sometimes They Come Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sometimes They Come Back.
A quiet night turns to horror as strange lights fill the sky and Gleam City falls apart. Play as Sarah, an ex-soldier fighting to survive, searching for her missing father, and facing something the world wasn't meant to see.