Single-player games like Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth, 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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Metro: Last Light Redux
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.
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Metro 2033 Redux
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.
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Penumbra Overture
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl tells a story about survival in the Zone – a very dangerous place, where you fear not only the radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, but other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes.
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Alone in the Dark (2008)
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The game that started the popular survival horror genre returns better than ever! Players control Edward Carnby, the main character from the original Alone in the Dark, on a thrilling journey through a dark and terrifying re-creation of New York's Central Park where Carnby must discover the truth behind a dark conspiracy.
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Dying Light
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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Resident Evil Village
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.
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System Shock® 2 (1999)
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
"Remember, it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. If you value that meat... you will do as I tell you." The cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG has returned.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Stalker
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.
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Metro 2033
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Set in the shattered subway of a post apocalyptic Moscow, Metro 2033 is a story of intensive underground survival where the fate of mankind rests in your hands. In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earth’s surface into a poisonous wasteland.
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Condemned: Criminal Origins
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
What twists the mind of an ordinary human into a serial killer?
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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Eldritch
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.