Single-player games like The Backrooms Project
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Backrooms Project, 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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The Backrooms Footage
Single-player alternative to The Backrooms Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Project.
You have found a camera with a footage in it. For some reason you can't rewind the video, and as soon as you try winding it forward you find yourself in the Backrooms. Figure out whats in the footage and try to ESCAPE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!
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The Backrooms Multiplayer
Single-player alternative to The Backrooms Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Project.
You and your friends have found a camera with a footage in it. For some reason you can't rewind the video, and as soon as you try winding it forward you all find yourself in the Backrooms. Together figure out whats in the footage and try to ESCAPE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!
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RadioWave
Single-player alternative to The Backrooms Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Project.
RadioWave is a realistic indie horror first person game set in the 2000s featuring killer robotics, an enticing three-part story in Campaign Mode, murderous fun in Custom Mode and a fast-paced Multiplayer Mode. Can you survive the RadioWave?
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VILLAGE THE SIBERIA
Single-player alternative to The Backrooms Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backrooms Project.
Uncover the terrible secret of Siberia as a little boy in the first person.
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Don't Be Afraid
Single-player alternative to The Backrooms Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Project.
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
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CRUELTY
Single-player alternative to The Backrooms Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Project.
"CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.
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PARANOIA PLACE
Single-player alternative to The Backrooms Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Project.
PARANOIA PLACE is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Together or alone, you will need to solve puzzles, find items and run from the bloodthirsty demonic killer.
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File Destined
Single-player alternative to The Backrooms Project — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Backrooms Project.
Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.