Single-player games like On Dark Terms
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to On Dark Terms, 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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Project Unknown
Single-player alternative to On Dark Terms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On Dark Terms.
An online co-op horror game featuring unique playable characters and RPG mechanics. Exorcise ghosts using your special abilities and tools while surviving the supernatural onslaught
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This is a Ghost
Single-player alternative to On Dark Terms — 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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Descending The Woods
Single-player alternative to On Dark Terms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On Dark Terms.
By day, tend to your farm, care for your pets, and explore the mysteries of the haunted woods. By nightfall, They will come from the woods, Beware of ghosts and demons of the haunted woods. Hide, Survive, Build, Fight and Explore in this eerie Survival Horror alone or with friends.
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DeathWatchers
Single-player alternative to On Dark Terms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On Dark Terms.
Use the specialized equipment at your disposal to locate & log as many paranormal events as possible. Decipher the ingredients needed for your ritual and try to exorcise any demons within. Any incorrect ingredients and you may never leave! 1-4 Players
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Bureau of Contacts
Single-player alternative to On Dark Terms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On Dark Terms.
"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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The Devourer: Hunted Souls
Single-player alternative to On Dark Terms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On Dark Terms.
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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SEVERANCE
Single-player alternative to On Dark Terms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On Dark Terms.
Severance is a 1-5 player paranormal investigation game… with a twist. Use tools and equipment to identify the correct ghost type while a dangerous, violent entity hunts you down. The twist? YOU can become the ghost. Choose Ghost AI, or an asymmetrical mode where a player takes the Ghost role.
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DEATHWATCH
Single-player alternative to On Dark Terms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On Dark Terms.
You've been tasked to observe supposedly haunted locations. Observe and log paranormal events and use the tools at your disposal to gather data on any potential paranormal threats and exterminate them if necessary.
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Phasmophobia
Single-player alternative to On Dark Terms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On Dark Terms.
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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MetaPhysical
Single-player alternative to On Dark Terms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On Dark Terms.
Supernatural phenomena are on the rise. In MetaPhysical you and up to 5 other friends can go on the hunt for eerie creatures to put an end to their sinister activities! Whether it's an ordinary ghost or a demon, your task is to identify the rumbling creature and then finish it off.
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Sketchy's Contract
Single-player alternative to On Dark Terms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On Dark Terms.
A 1-8 player co-op sci-fi looter horror game that takes place on a mysterious asteroid belt where players must complete contracts by traveling to exotic planets to kill creatures, find loot, and/or farm planetary materials that they must return to an ominous figure named Sketchy.