Single-player games like Whispers in the Dark
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Whispers in the Dark, 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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Witherwood
Single-player alternative to Whispers in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Whispers in the Dark.
Mutate to survive, or lose your mind trying. In this open-world survival horror, the forest changes you as much as you change it. Evolve into monstrous forms, build and craft to endure, and manage a slipping sanity where hallucinations become lethal.
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Have Fun Exploring
Single-player alternative to Whispers in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Whispers in the Dark.
Have Fun Exploring is a 4-player online co-op psychological horror. Urbex livestreaming is booming on the Dark Web, and the WR8 Audience pays well for thrilling content. Investigate abandoned locations to uncover who went missing and identify the ghost they became.
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Descending The Woods
Single-player alternative to Whispers in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Whispers in the Dark.
By day, tend to your farm, care for your pets, and explore the mysteries of the haunted woods. By nightfall, They will come from the woods, Beware of ghosts and demons of the haunted woods. Hide, Survive, Build, Fight and Explore in this eerie Survival Horror alone or with friends.
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Paranormal Cleanup
Single-player alternative to Whispers in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Whispers in the Dark.
Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!
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Coridden
Single-player alternative to Whispers in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Whispers in the Dark.
Become the ultimate shapeshifter in this hack n’ slash ARPG with action-based combat. Transform seamlessly and customize both your human and beast powers as you level up, find new gear and DNA-strands. Venture out solo or in co-op to uncover the secrets sealed inside a legendary city.
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墲人之境-无人之境
Single-player alternative to Whispers in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Whispers in the Dark.
《Ashland》 is the subject of 1 v4 non-equilibrium games. Players can play the role of adventurers into the tomb, crack the mechanism, take away treasures. You can also act as a gravekeeper to stop and destroy them. Rich tomb exploration tools and tomb guarding skills for you to experience and play
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Gatewalkers
Single-player alternative to Whispers in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Whispers in the Dark.
Gatewalkers is a unique mixture of co-op game, survival and RPG. You, as a Gatewalkers, travel across different worlds in order to save your own. Explore procedurally generated worlds, face hostile inhabitants and challenges like extreme weather conditions, toxic atmosphere, lack of water and more.
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Dungeons of Sundaria
Single-player alternative to Whispers in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Whispers in the Dark.
Adventure through epic dungeons facing fearsome creatures either solo or with a group of friends. Master your class, loot everything, and destroy the foul creatures of the deep! Will you become a hero of legend?