Single-player games like The Occultist
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Occultist, 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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Clown House: Lunacy
Single-player alternative to The Occultist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
A narrative horror experience where violence is a trap. Unravel the secrets of a derelict mansion and its uncanny clown residents. Solve puzzles. Observe the clowns, deduct their needs and what angers them to survive. And never harm the residents of the Clown House. It has eyes.
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Grinnel
Single-player alternative to The Occultist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
If you stop, the light dies. If you turn, darkness takes over. As a patient trapped in Grinnel, escape this psychological horror nightmare with Dr. Esin. Use your visor in the atmospheric labyrinth and never look back; in this surreal thriller, your gaze is your worst enemy.
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Ritual Tides
Single-player alternative to The Occultist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
Ritual Tides is a story rich, psychological horror game set on the dark, atmospheric, isolated British island of Hortus. Explore the island, uncover its dark past, loot food, ammunition and supplies, evade the cult of the Fallow Parish, as you fight for survival against Lovecraftian horrors.
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Enigma of Fear
Single-player alternative to The Occultist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.
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Supernormal
Single-player alternative to The Occultist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
Inspired by Allison Road. SUPERNORMAL is a psychological horror game set in a seemingly ordinary apartment harboring dark secrets. Play as Detective Wyatt, tasked with unravelling the disappearance of Masato Sakamoto's daughter. Search for clues and unravel the sinister truth.
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Alone in the Dark
Single-player alternative to The Occultist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Occultist.
Return to Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game.
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The Séance of Blake Manor
Single-player alternative to The Occultist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Occultist.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
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The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
Single-player alternative to The Occultist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Occultist.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to The Occultist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Occultist.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Single-player alternative to The Occultist — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to The Occultist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Occultist.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to The Occultist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Occultist.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.