Single-player games like ASYLUM
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to ASYLUM, 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 Whisperer
Single-player alternative to ASYLUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
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Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Single-player alternative to ASYLUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Explore disturbing corners of the human psyche. Delve into a dimension of nightmares, the occult and a tense psychological world created in classic Lovecraftian style. As police detective Howard E. Loreid, you are tasked to solve the murder of Clark Field, a wealthy man involved in the occult.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to ASYLUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
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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Gray Dawn
Single-player alternative to ASYLUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to ASYLUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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The Land of Pain
Single-player alternative to ASYLUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to ASYLUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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The Coma 3: Bloodlines
Single-player alternative to ASYLUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Welcome to the world of The Coma 3: Bloodlines. In this realm of shadows rumors and urban legends become reality, and danger lurks around every corner. If a living intruder dies here, their body will be severed from their spirit and never wake again ...
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Scratches - Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to ASYLUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ASYLUM.
Dark Legends surround the old abandoned Blackwood house, secluded far away in the northern wastelands. For writer Michael Arthate, this cold, solitary atmosphere is fodder for his restless imagination. But Michael soon becomes distracted by the mysteries offered up, as he follows a trail exploring and delving into the secrets of the past.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to ASYLUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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Serena
Single-player alternative to ASYLUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
How long has it been? A man sits in a distant getaway cabin waiting for his wife Serena. Where is she? Things in the cabin evoke memories, and the husband comes to a disturbing realization... This short point-and-click adventure is the result of a massive collaborative effort between dozens of fans and designers of adventure games.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to ASYLUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
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AMNESIA
Single-player alternative to ASYLUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ASYLUM.
After a series of events now shrouded in mystery, our protagonist - a young man - fell into a coma, losing all recollection of the person he used to be. He is given a clean slate. All that’s left to do now is to carefully and thoroughly investigate every facet of your former self.