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Single-player games like DO NOT OPEN

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to DO NOT OPEN, 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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    Maid of Sker — Steam game cover

    Maid of Sker

    Single-player alternative to DO NOT OPEN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DO NOT OPEN.

    Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.74 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outlast 2 — Steam game cover

    Outlast 2

    Single-player alternative to DO NOT OPEN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DO NOT OPEN.

    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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    Remothered: Tormented Fathers — Steam game cover

    Remothered: Tormented Fathers

    Single-player alternative to DO NOT OPEN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DO NOT OPEN.

    Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Resident Evil 7 Biohazard — Steam game cover

    Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

    Single-player alternative to DO NOT OPEN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DO NOT OPEN.

    Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.

    2017ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Beast Inside — Steam game cover

    The Beast Inside

    Single-player alternative to DO NOT OPEN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DO NOT OPEN.

    The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dread X Collection — Steam game cover

    Dread X Collection

    Single-player alternative to DO NOT OPEN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DO NOT OPEN.

    10 Tales of Terror from 10 Twisted Minds. Made in only 7 Sleepless Nights. The Dread X Collection is a series of small games created by some of the most talented indie devs around, all with the same mission: create the P.T. for the horror project of their dreams.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Amnesia: The Dark Descent — Steam game cover

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent

    Single-player alternative to DO NOT OPEN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DO NOT OPEN.

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

    2010ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Agony — Steam game cover

    Agony

    Single-player alternative to DO NOT OPEN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with DO NOT OPEN.

    Agony is a first-person, survival horror set in hell. You will begin your journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about your past. The special ability to control people on your path, and possess demons, gives you the measures to survive.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →