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Single-player games like Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper, 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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    Horror Tale 3: The Witch — Steam game cover

    Horror Tale 3: The Witch

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    Fight the scary witch in the most terrifying chapter of Tom's adventures!

    2025ActionAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Poppy Playtime — Steam game cover

    Poppy Playtime

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Hours — Steam game cover

    Dark Hours

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out.

    2025ActionAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — Steam game cover

    Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.

    2009ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Penumbra Overture — Steam game cover

    Penumbra Overture

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

    2009ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ad Infinitum — Steam game cover

    Ad Infinitum

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?

    2023ActionAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Five Nights at Freddy's 3 — Steam game cover

    Five Nights at Freddy's 3

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed it's doors, the events that took place there have become nothing more than a rumor and a childhood memory, but the owners of "Fazbear's Fright: The Horror Attraction" are determined to revive the legend and make the experience as authentic as possible for patrons, going to great l

    2015ActionIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location — Steam game cover

    Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those *other* pizza places! Now hiring: Late night technician. Must enjoy cramped spaces and be comfortable around active machinery. Not responsible for death or dismemberment.

    2016ActionIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Antarctica 88 — Steam game cover

    Antarctica 88

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    Uncover the chilling secrets beneath the Antarctic ice in this survival horror FPS. Shoot unimaginable creatures, solve cryptic puzzles, and fight for your life in the frozen wastelands.​

    2020ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Death Park 2 — Steam game cover

    Death Park 2

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    Shoot terrifying monsters and a killer clown in a haunted city full of nightmares. Explore 8 locations, solve puzzles, switch between dream and reality, and make choices that shape your escape. Death Park 2 is a horror FPS with multiple endings and a boss fight.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Death Park — Steam game cover

    Death Park

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    Survive a deadly clown in a haunted amusement park. Solve puzzles, search for items, and make choices that shape your escape. Death Park is a first-person horror game with multiple endings, tense stealth, and terrifying moments.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Horror Tale 2: Samantha — Steam game cover

    Horror Tale 2: Samantha

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    Escape a terrifying prison, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind the masked kidnapper. Continue the horror story of Tom and Samantha in this intense mystery escape adventure set in 1990s America.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    911: Cannibal — Steam game cover

    911: Cannibal

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    A terrifying first-person hide-and-seek horror escape game. Outsmart a cannibal maniac, solve puzzles, and try to survive his creepy house.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    911: Prey — Steam game cover

    911: Prey

    Single-player alternative to Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Tale 1: Kidnapper.

    You’ve been kidnapped by a cannibal maniac—again. Hide, solve puzzles, and cover your tracks to avoid being caught in his terrifying house. Every choice matters. Escape is possible, but only one ending leads to freedom. Will you survive the nightmare?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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