Single-player games like Project Unknown
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Project Unknown, 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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Lost Lullabies: The Orphanage Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Project Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project Unknown.
"Lost Lullabies - The Orphanage Chronicles" is a Co-Op horror game set in 1980, inspired by the real stories of an orphanage ruined by a fire in 1960 Lowell. Playable with 1-4 players, the goal is to identify and expel malevolent spirits alone or with your team.
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Phasmophobia
Single-player alternative to Project Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project Unknown.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
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Demonologist
Single-player alternative to Project Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project Unknown.
Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.
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Unpossess: Exorcism Simulator
Single-player alternative to Project Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project Unknown.
Unpossess is a 1-4 co-op exorcism simulator game set in the early 1900s. Players take on the role of exorcists responsible for addressing cases of human possession.
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Ghost Exorcism INC.
Single-player alternative to Project Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project Unknown.
Ghost Exorcism INC is a horror game where you can play alone, or in a team of up to 6 exorcists. Your mission will be to identify paranormal entities, and then exorcise them.
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The Devourer: Hunted Souls
Single-player alternative to Project Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project Unknown.
Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?
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Bureau of Contacts
Single-player alternative to Project Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project Unknown.
"Bureau of Contacts" - ghost-hunting game for 1-4 players, in which you'll encounter 2 enemies at once - location itself and the ghosts with most human-like intelligence ever. So...look around and watch what you say!
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This is a Ghost
Single-player alternative to Project Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
This is a Ghost is a ghost-hunting psychological horror game. Using your equipment, track down paranormal activity and gather evidence to identify the entity, then banish it from this world! Solo and online co-op play for up to 4 players. 👻
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Single-player alternative to Project Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Project Unknown.
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
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Implements of Hell
Single-player alternative to Project Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project Unknown.
Implements of Hell is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore the mysteries, unlock the secrets, and change the outcome in a slow-paced atmospheric, and extremely horrifying experience.
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Omitted
Single-player alternative to Project Unknown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Project Unknown.
Omitted is a first-person psychological horror game. Experience being left alone in an old hospital, discover its secrets and try to survive.