Single-player games like Shanubis
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Shanubis, 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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SUFFOCATE
Single-player alternative to Shanubis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shanubis.
《SUFFOCATE》is a realistic 3D first-person survival horror game. The plot revolves around family relationships, cult, and the greed that permeates human nature. The game doesn't shy away from violence, gore, and faith in this one-of-a-kind survival horror experience, Taiwanese style.
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Bughouse
Single-player alternative to Shanubis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shanubis.
Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Shanubis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shanubis.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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Dread Flats
Single-player alternative to Shanubis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shanubis.
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
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Those Who Remain
Single-player alternative to Shanubis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shanubis.
As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.
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The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
Single-player alternative to Shanubis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Shanubis.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Shanubis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shanubis.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Shanubis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shanubis.
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.