Single-player games like Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition, 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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Penumbra Overture
Single-player alternative to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition.
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition.
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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Mr. Grin's Final Act
Single-player alternative to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition.
Thirty years ago, a tragedy silenced the studio. Now you're back... and so is Mr. Grin. In this first-person survival horror, scavenge badges, rewire circuits, crack safes. Stay out of sight. One sound and you die. He's not hunting you. He's directing you. His script. Your survival.
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Amnesia: Rebirth
Single-player alternative to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition.
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition.
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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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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The Bunker
Single-player alternative to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition.
Trapped in an abandoned bunker, you are alone—your friends locked out, something else locked in. This PSX, VHS-style found-footage psychological horror plunges you into a nightmare of analog terror. Will you unravel the truth, survive the bunker’s horrors, and discover the fate of your friends?
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Amnesia: The Bunker
Single-player alternative to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition.
Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.
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Penumbra: Requiem
Single-player alternative to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition.
Puzzle expansion for Penumbra: Black Plague. Requiem is part of Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition, included in the Penumbra Collection.