Single-player games like Acanthoceras
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Acanthoceras, 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 Jurassic Labyrinth
Single-player alternative to Acanthoceras — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Acanthoceras.
A psychological horror puzzle game set in a living labyrinth that adapts to your choices. Solve shifting mechanisms, navigate ever-changing corridors, and evade a relentless presence that learns your behavior as you try to escape.
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Despondent
Single-player alternative to Acanthoceras — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Acanthoceras.
Despondent is a first-person survival horror title. Play as Sedgewick, a young man tossed into a hellish fight for his life while trying to pick up the pieces of his past. Manage a debilitating sickness, hold on to what little hope is left, uncover a rancid plot and just maybe... make it out alive.
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It follows you
Single-player alternative to Acanthoceras — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Acanthoceras.
You are all alone in this dark and frightening place. Run and hide, hurry to find a way out, because it follows you...
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Backrooms: The Others
Single-player alternative to Acanthoceras — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Acanthoceras.
Backrooms: The Others is a cooperative horror game for up to 4 players where you will be forced to explore these unknown nooks and crannies, trying to survive in this complex world where death can be waiting for you at every turn!
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The Lost Gallery
Single-player alternative to Acanthoceras — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Acanthoceras.
Works of art are attacking people, turning an exhibition into a bloodbath in a single night. At the same time, you – a phantom thief – happen to be there to steal a valuable masterpiece.
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Betrayer
Single-player alternative to Acanthoceras — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Acanthoceras.
Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the 17th century.The year is 1604. You sailed from England expecting to join a struggling colony on the coast of Virginia. Instead, you find only ghosts and mysteries. What catastrophe blighted the land and drained it of color and life?
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Hatch
Single-player alternative to Acanthoceras — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Acanthoceras.
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
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?? Movie Theater
Single-player alternative to Acanthoceras — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Acanthoceras.
This is a funny movie theater where you can watch any kind of movie. I saw a movie here. It is a story of a high school boy “Sota Sakurai” until ※※※※※※.
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Brain Marmelade
Single-player alternative to Acanthoceras — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Acanthoceras.
Brain Marmelade is a 2D platformer/ adventure game with an hand-draw creepy art style and a unique combat system. This game follows the "Dumped One" in his dangerous quest to find the GLORIOUS Brain Marmelade.
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Arabel
Single-player alternative to Acanthoceras — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Acanthoceras.
3D adventure game telling the story of a lost knight, searching her way out of the strange and twisted lands of the Abyss. Safe journey to you !