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Single-player games like OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story, 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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    Beyond Silence — Steam game cover

    Beyond Silence

    Single-player alternative to OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story.

    Beyond Silence is a first-person psychological horror where you play as James, a former surgeon who returns to the house of his past. The dark rooms, creaking floors, and forgotten notes hide the horrors he himself had a hand in. But the past won't let him go and it speaks to him through the silence

    2025ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Y. Village - The Visitors — Steam game cover

    Y. Village - The Visitors

    Single-player alternative to OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story.

    Batu, tormented by nightmares, is lured to a nameless village via cryptic letters. Investigating the village's secrets with just one friend, he wakes one night to discover his ally gone. He must now locate his friend and elude the village's dark mysteries.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MADiSON VR — Steam game cover

    MADiSON VR

    Single-player alternative to OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story.

    MADiSON VR now plunges you even deeper into its immersive and terrifying world. With the utilization of an instant camera in your virtual hands, bridge the gap between our world and the unknown. Snap photos, develop them by yourself to solve puzzles, explore the shadows and above all, survive.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dread X Collection 2 — Steam game cover

    Dread X Collection 2

    Single-player alternative to OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story.

    Explore 12 horror games made in 10 days connected by a meta narrative experience you didn't expect. Step into a world of darkness and discover the secrets you didn't know were right beneath the surface. Find the tapes and unlock the mystery inside the Dread X Collection 2.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Afterlife VR — Steam game cover

    Afterlife VR

    Single-player alternative to OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story.

    Afterlife VR is a deeply immersive horror game. As Adam Bernhard, a young rookie police officer on a night patrol, you receive a call that will change your life forever. Uncover secrets hidden deep within the Black Rose mental hospital walls, where most of the patients pose a great danger.

    2022ActionAdventure11.24 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spectral Scream — Steam game cover

    Spectral Scream

    Single-player alternative to OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story.

    Spectral Scream is a 1-4 player cooperative horror exploration game. Are you ready to face death in the maw of purgatory? Your goal is to find key items in each chapter and retrieve the orb. But be careful! Threatening and vicious creatures await you at every stage.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Abandoned Souls — Steam game cover

    Abandoned Souls

    Single-player alternative to OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story.

    Abandoned Souls is a horror game, shown through a GoPro lens. You play as a vlogger who specializes in urban exploration.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure2.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Organ Quarter — Steam game cover

    Organ Quarter

    Single-player alternative to OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with OVRDARK: a Do Not Open story.

    Organ Quarter is a VR survival horror game built from the ground-up for hand-tracked virtual reality. Explore labyrinthine environments, engage in tense combat, carefully manage your resources and solve horrifying puzzles in this homage to the slow, methodical survival horror experiences of the '90s

    2017ActionIndieAdventure12.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →