Single-player games like Nightmare knock
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Nightmare knock, 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 Trials - Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Nightmare knock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
A classic choose your own adventure story. Escape the horrors hunting you, make decisions, forge your own path. An original complete story with multiple endings and secrets to unlock. Choose your own play style with a Text Adventure Mode, sound effects, and an ambient soundtrack.
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Scarlet Wolf
Single-player alternative to Nightmare knock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare knock.
If you're ready to run and play a deadly game of hide-and-seek, then come on in and make yourself at home. Behind the door, endless oppressive corridors, filthy walls, deadly traps, and a ravenous creature eagerly waiting to get up close and personal with you await.
- 3
Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to Nightmare knock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
- 4
Oxenfree
Single-player alternative to Nightmare knock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
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The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation
Single-player alternative to Nightmare knock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nightmare knock.
Fear, anxiety, and laughter are the symbol of youth. Experience the true paranormal haunting with your friends from the first-person perspective and stay alive. The Bridge Curse Road to Salvation is an adaptation of a horror film, includes Taiwanese urban legend and an intriguing backstory.
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7Days Origins
Single-player alternative to Nightmare knock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
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Athanasy
Single-player alternative to Nightmare knock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
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Monsters of Little Haven
Single-player alternative to Nightmare knock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Nightmare knock.
At the heart of the action are a twelve-year-old Kenneth and his younger sister Esme, children of the Murphy family, who hit the trail of a mysterious monster following series of entangled events.
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Five Nights At Floppa
Single-player alternative to Nightmare knock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare knock.
A horror film in which Shlepa appears in his frightening form. The main character had no idea where he would end up when he first got a job. Now he is forced not to protect, but to survive in a terrible office.
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Five nights at Stalin
Single-player alternative to Nightmare knock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nightmare knock.
A horror game in which the main antagonist is Stalin himself, or rather his statue. The player must use all the resources given to him to stand up to the mighty foe, or else he will face either dismissal or something worse...
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Five nights at Floppa 0
Single-player alternative to Nightmare knock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nightmare knock.
You got a job as a security guard at an insurance company, but it turns out that it's not all that easy. After all, your tasks are not only to protect the office, but also to protect yourself!