Single-player games like Paresis®
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Paresis®, 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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No Man Can Deny
Single-player alternative to Paresis® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paresis®.
Isolated on the open sea, equipped with a rusty lantern and a tape recorder. Endure the pain or drown like the rest in this short resource-management horror game.
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Five Nights at Freddy's
Single-player alternative to Paresis® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Paresis®.
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
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IMSCARED
Single-player alternative to Paresis® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paresis®.
"I need a Heart in order to open it"
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Five Nights at Freddy's 4
Single-player alternative to Paresis® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Paresis®.
In this last chapter of the Five Nights at Freddy's original story, you must once again defend yourself against Freddy Fazbear, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and even worse things that lurk in the shadows.
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Emily Wants To Play
Single-player alternative to Paresis® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Paresis®.
It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.
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F.E.A.R.
Single-player alternative to Paresis® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Paresis®.
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
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Agonize
Single-player alternative to Paresis® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paresis®.
Once a mad scientist's lab, now an abandoned manor haunted by miscreations. Work as a 1-4 player team in this online co-op, psychological horror game and discover what lurks within. Find a cure before it's too late...
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Sophie's Curse
Single-player alternative to Paresis® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Paresis®.
You got a job, which is to take care of an old man during the night in a recently purchased house; this house does not have electricity and you have to rely on some kind of hand crank generators to light the place up, but there is something in the darkness draining their power, don’t let it happen!
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Boötes
Single-player alternative to Paresis® — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Boötes is a Space Sim where you get to jump on astroids. Collect Crystals, Unlock New Abilities, Find Secrets to Unlock New Suits, and Much More. You are all alone in The Boötes Void where you find mysterious crystals that can help fuel your space shuttle so you can visit the Cold Dark.
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Inner
Single-player alternative to Paresis® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Paresis®.
Nicole who is in a coma, finds herself trapped in a texureless maze world where she is trying to escape the terrors that follow her. Gain upgrades, find cubes, and escape the maze alive.