Single-player games like Dead Beacon
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Beacon, 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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Nightmare of Decay
Single-player alternative to Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Beacon.
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
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1899: Secrets of the Maze
Single-player alternative to Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Beacon.
"1899: Secrets of the Maze" is a survival journey in a mysterious labyrinth. Subject No. 3 embarks on an adventure triggered by a Rubik's cube, battling zombies, setting traps, and uncovering the secrets of Dimension Technology Lab.
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Eternal Evil
Single-player alternative to Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Beacon.
A small town is being taken over by ghouls. Solve puzzles, carefully read notes and use various weapons against horrific and evolving enemies to uncover what is behind this gruesome event. Eternal Evil is an old-school survival-horror game.
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The Hotel
Single-player alternative to Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Beacon.
The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!
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EBOLA VILLAGE
Single-player alternative to Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Beacon.
EBOLA VILLAGE - this is a classic survival horror game from the 90s with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Solve puzzles, follow the story carefully and use various weapons in a brutal fight for survival. Danger lurks at every turn.
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Daymare: 1998
Single-player alternative to Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Beacon.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
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Blood: One Unit Whole Blood
Single-player alternative to Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Beacon.
You carved your soul to shreds in servitude to a dark god, but false promises and betrayal were your only reward. Now you have a score to settle and it will be measured in blood! Experience the madness in one carnage-soaked package! All the gore, all the unholy war! Zombies, gargoyles, hellhounds and blood-crazed hordes of horrors await!
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EBOLA 3
Single-player alternative to Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Beacon.
EBOLA 3 - is created in the spirit of the great classics of survival horrors. In this game, you will control the main character with a first-person camera which makes you feel like you’re in a real horror movie.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Beacon.
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 Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Beacon.
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.
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Alone in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Beacon.
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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Blood Within
Single-player alternative to Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Beacon.
With the absance of the mighty Bloodstar, the universe plunged into chaos. Unleash your inner power alongside Captain Thorne, vanquish demons and restore the order of light.
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The Architect's Game
Single-player alternative to Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Beacon.
The Architect's Game is a series of online party, escape room and deception gamemodes for 1* to 10 players in which you either play the rules or try to check how deep the rabbit's hole goes.
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Grasshoping
Single-player alternative to Dead Beacon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dead Beacon.
Humanity has polluted your home and it is time to look for a new paradise. Hop your way through history but be careful, water and currents may dissolve your progress to nothing in this challenging 3D platformer.