Single-player games like In The Backrooms
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to In The Backrooms, 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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The Complex: Expedition
Single-player alternative to In The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with In The Backrooms.
When a routine expedition into The Complex goes horribly wrong, you're left alone and lost, wandering the seemingly infinite maze of hallways, otherwise known as the Backrooms. Might there be something following you?
- 2
Shhh!
Single-player alternative to In The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with In The Backrooms.
Explore haunted locations with your VHS camera—but stay silent! Any noise could be your last. (Microphone required)
- 3
Five Nights at Freddy's
Single-player alternative to In The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with In The Backrooms.
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
- 4
Visage
Single-player alternative to In The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with In The Backrooms.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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HELLMART
Single-player alternative to In The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Backrooms.
Supermarket simulator meets horror. You’re a clerk at a 24-hour convenience store. During the day - serve customers and hit your sales goals. At night - beware of strange clients. Try to survive 7 days in the Far North.
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The Cursed Tape
Single-player alternative to In The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Backrooms.
Someone slipped a mysterious videotape under your door... Do you dare watch it?!
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Platform 8
Single-player alternative to In The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with In The Backrooms.
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
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SCP-3008: Infinite Store
Single-player alternative to In The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with In The Backrooms.
An observation-driven psychological horror set inside an endless furniture superstore. Spot anomalies, choose the correct path, complete your shopping list — and escape the loop.
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DARK NIGHT WITH FLOPPA
Single-player alternative to In The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with In The Backrooms.
Find all the pictures before Floppa finds you.