Single-player games like Phoenix Nightmare
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Phoenix Nightmare, 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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Bunker's Shadow
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix Nightmare.
The game is a First Person Shooter.In a huge dangerous underground, you need to save a little girl.Being lost in a huge bunker, the task is to survive and find the keys for the doors and find the way to the exit. An encounter with zombies and enemy soldiers is inevitable.
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Mine
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix Nightmare.
Mine is a horror game in the style of back rooms. Accompanied by an excellent visual, it will allow you to plunge into the nightmare happening around the hero. Realistic camera and sounds complement your emotions. And monsters will create tension and make you pretty scared.
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Corcovado's Night Guard
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix Nightmare.
You are Vicente, a night guard that works in Corcovado, taking care of this brazilian tourist spot, christ the redeemer. A first person, singleplayer, walk-simulator experience. Investigate what is happening and try to escape this nightmare.
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Slendrina Remake
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix Nightmare.
Slendrina Remake is a scary survival game set in a dungeon where you must gather items, solve puzzles, and evade the sinister Slendrina herself to make it out alive. Experience the atmosphere of fear and tension in this gripping horror adventure.
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Chernobyl inferno
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix Nightmare.
Go in search of your brother, who got lost in the catacombs of Chernobyl, among aggressive inhabitants mutilated by radiation.
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Pyramid Curse
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Phoenix Nightmare.
Research materials about the explorers of the mysterious underground pyramid. An analog horror game about found footage tapes.
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Prison Escape Simulator: Dig Out
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix Nightmare.
Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape?
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The Levels of Backrooms
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Phoenix Nightmare.
Explore, discover, and document the dark, liminal reality known as the Backrooms, experiencing dread and isolation as you navigate it. We wish you luck in your travels.
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County Hospital
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix Nightmare.
County Hospital is a singleplayer offline psychological horror inmersive game with jumpscares and high quality assets. Paranormal activity is happening, gather as much evidence as you can and try to escape from the building without getting caught. Are you brave enough?
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Gladiator of sparta
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix Nightmare.
A classic addictive/fun indie mini game for windows that you will play every time!. Do you ever wonder what is like to be in a realistic combat arena and how it feel? Play as Octavius , the greek warrior who is forced to fight in the gladiatorial arenas with many of the best soldiers in the empire..
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2030
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix Nightmare.
ONLINE sci-fi Multiplayer ZOMBIE game.It's 2030 AC, Beings from planet Venus are back and they declare WAR to humans with a deadly virus. Use ultimate military weapons, make body parts fly, clear the area from deadly hordes, Great amount of action to play alone or with at least 4 friends.
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County Hospital 2
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix Nightmare.
Paranormal Horror! Using just a handycam go inside a very dark abandoned hospital, the nightvision will help you to see, explore the place and face all kinds of brutal entities in a creepy inmersive enviroment *Mission: Find a fuse to return the power and then destroy the place by setting it on fire
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Saturn Menace
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Phoenix Nightmare.
Inmersive HORROR sci-fi game. Your exploration module has been damage by a meteor near the Saturn orbit where its an old abandoned spacecraft. Get power back on, explore space and search a replacement for the core of your spaceship
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Quake Survivor
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Phoenix Nightmare.
Trapped on the tracks with an earthquake threatening your life, you must escape from the subway tunnel and station about to collapse. Must solve the puzzles, avoid, collect things and use the enviroment at your favor. Play alone this First Person Horror puzzle game and try to survive.
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Street Paint Playground
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Phoenix Nightmare.
You are an artist with motor paint machine in a cool beach enviroment with some old walls to put your art into, the police and their dogs just want to stop the fun! make them happy with some tasty donuts, paint the walls and make colorfull creations. This is a game made for chilling and painting!
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Doomsday Derby
Single-player alternative to Phoenix Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Phoenix Nightmare.
Play this indie arcade pixelated mini derby game! Destroy the cars that want to destroy you with a powerful gun and missiles in a battle arena. Avoid the chickens and destroy the giant worm from the aliens! loot the destroyed cars and stay alive this fun mini game for windows with Gamepad support