Single-player games like Abhorrent Light
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Abhorrent Light, 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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Wraithgate
Single-player alternative to Abhorrent Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Abhorrent Light.
DeepSalvage is a 1-4 player co-op horror extraction game set deep below ground. Explore abandoned facilities, recover valuable cargo, scan unknown signals, avoid hostile entities, and return with enough salvage before darkness, weight, and fear break the team.
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Tales of Terror
Single-player alternative to Abhorrent Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Abhorrent Light.
Tales of Terror invites you to delve into a chilling co-op horror survival experience. Unite to face unique enemies, navigate through visually stunning and treacherous levels and navigate the unknown. —Your ultimate challenge awaits: escape, if you can!
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YOKAI WAIFU HUNTERS
Single-player alternative to Abhorrent Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Abhorrent Light.
You are yokai hunters venturing into cursed lands from which no one returns. Assemble your team, choose your class, and attempt to banish ancient evil in dark feudal Japan. Survive — or become part of the legend.
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The Carnival Killer
Single-player alternative to Abhorrent Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Abhorrent Light.
Step right up to the most twisted carnival you’ll ever encounter! In The Carnival Killer, 4 players find themselves trapped in a nightmarish amusement park where laughter turns to terror. Killer Clowns stalk the grounds, hunting down anyone who fails to escape the nightmare.
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Galactic Realms: Quest for the Forgotten
Single-player alternative to Abhorrent Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Abhorrent Light.
Magic meets forgotten tech in a first-person, 1-4 player co-op PvE-only extraction RPG and dungeon crawler. Descend into handcrafted, ever-changing dungeons, risk what you bring, claim rare loot, and extract to keep what you earn. No pay-to-win. No microtransactions.
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Blight Brigade
Single-player alternative to Abhorrent Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Abhorrent Light.
A co-op extraction horror where your crew of plague doctors are sent back through time to investigate a blight that has consumed the future. Collect evidence of the blight and avoid the horrors that blight has created.
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Zhazari VR
Single-player alternative to Abhorrent Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Abhorrent Light.
Zhazari is a game that will take you to a beautiful but dark world. You will come face to face with the menacing monsters that have taken over the kingdom, through the king's bad decisions. You are the last hope to bring peace back to the towns. Do you have the courage to stand up to fight?
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Bound to Rot
Single-player alternative to Abhorrent Light — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Abhorrent Light.
Play as an angel reincarnated into a mortal vessel. Descend into the Anima, follow the Pulse, and let the tarot decide your fate, push deeper for rare loot, or rot before you escape. Stray from the Pulse and the darkness will collect what you owe.