Single-player games like The Complex: Expedition
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Complex: Expedition, 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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Witchwedge
Single-player alternative to The Complex: Expedition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Complex: Expedition.
A first-person horror adventure set in a remote Finnish cabin. Work at a quiet village shop, explore the wilderness, and uncover ancient forces drawn from Finnish mythology.
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Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
Single-player alternative to The Complex: Expedition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Complex: Expedition.
The most relaxing horror game you'll ever play. Anemoiapolis exists in the uncanny valley of American architecture -- endless carpeted floors and lonely malls. Escape for your life, and enjoy the scenery.
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In The Backrooms
Single-player alternative to The Complex: Expedition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Complex: Expedition.
"God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.."
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Backrooms: Eight Levels
Single-player alternative to The Complex: Expedition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Complex: Expedition.
"God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you..."
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Where the Walls Breathe
Single-player alternative to The Complex: Expedition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Complex: Expedition.
Where the Walls Breathe is a first-person psychological horror experience with a strong focus on atmosphere and environmental storytelling.
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BACKROOMS LIMINAL ESCAPE
Single-player alternative to The Complex: Expedition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Complex: Expedition.
BACKROOMS: LIMINAL ESCAPE is a VHS-style horror game where you explore eerie liminal spaces through a camcorder. BACKROOMS: LIMINAL ESCAPE is More than just a walking sim, it features intense levels that require you to hide, run, stay quite, and survive in a creepy, analog nightmare.
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Shhh!
Single-player alternative to The Complex: Expedition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Complex: Expedition.
Explore haunted locations with your VHS camera—but stay silent! Any noise could be your last. (Microphone required)
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The Transference
Single-player alternative to The Complex: Expedition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Complex: Expedition.
Escape from your own home, where you have been locked in. But be careful, you won't be alone in your captivity. Dive into this first-person mystery thriller, full of secrets and family betrayals. And discover who locked you in and why.
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Backrooms: The Game
Single-player alternative to The Complex: Expedition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Complex: Expedition.
Backrooms is a creepypasta that contains randomly generated office rooms that seem endless. The walls are mono yellow in color. It is also an eternal paradox.
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The Complex: Found Footage
Single-player alternative to The Complex: Expedition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Complex: Expedition.
Experience the liminal world of the backrooms through a VHS camera, immersing into a mysterious story and wandering the dream-like structures... Might there be something following you?
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POOLS
Single-player alternative to The Complex: Expedition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Complex: Expedition.
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.