Single-player games like The Night of the Scissors
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Night of the Scissors, 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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Last Frame
Single-player alternative to The Night of the Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
Last Frame is a First-Person Psychological Horror set within an isolated West Virginia corporate facility. Explore your surroundings, use what you can to survive, and uncover the secrets to discover your true purpose.
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Bughouse
Single-player alternative to The Night of the Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!
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Vilomah
Single-player alternative to The Night of the Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
Play as Jake, a teen Pizza Delivery driver on the late shift - until things get BLOODY! Try to escape this DEMENTED Farm with your life! Features PS1, & OPTIONAL 80's VHS Graphics.
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The Smiling Flesh
Single-player alternative to The Night of the Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
The Smiling Flesh is a tense, single-player survival horror where you play as a thief trapped in a decaying gothic mansion. Solve puzzles, explore forgotten halls, and outsmart a twisted entity that learns your movements. Find the treasure, or become the mansion's next victim.
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METROLOGY
Single-player alternative to The Night of the Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
METROLOGY is a First Person Horror set in the dark depths of the Underground Metro Transit System. Traverse endless tunnels while the horrors of the Underground haunt you. Uncover secrets, solve environmental puzzles and RUN. You do not want to be here. THEY do not want you here. Escape, if you can…
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Lyrvane Park
Single-player alternative to The Night of the Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
Lyrvane Park is a first-person meta-horror puzzle adventure. Use the "Radar of Emotions" to harvest children's emotions, power up the train, and unlock the path forward. Beyond the "Staff Only" signs, the park’s darkest secrets await.
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Silent Dread: Last Order
Single-player alternative to The Night of the Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
A first-person psychological horror game about a late-night delivery and the disturbing events that follow.
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Hidden Shelter
Single-player alternative to The Night of the Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Night of the Scissors.
Death lurks in every corner of this journey filled with tension and despair. The brave may not be the smartest here and those who know the time to retreat are more likely to make it out alive in the end ... Find your lost friend in a house that holds unimaginable secrets.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to The Night of the Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Night of the Scissors.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to The Night of the Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Night of the Scissors.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Murder House
Single-player alternative to The Night of the Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Night of the Scissors.
A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!
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The Fear Business
Single-player alternative to The Night of the Scissors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Night of the Scissors.
A survival horror mixed with found footage elements. Unveil the secrets of a dark satanic cult and solve the Solomon Manor puzzles while hiding from the deadly Goat Face.