Single-player games like The Guard
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Guard, 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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Shadow of the School
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guard.
The player finds himself in an abandoned school, which was once a place of study for local schoolchildren. The protagonist is a paranormal researcher who came here to solve the mystery that shrouds this gloomy location.
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A Night in Prison
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guard.
You come to your senses in a cell that looks like you are in some kind of prison. It's almost silent, but sometimes there are some sounds.
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Night of Horror
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guard.
You are on the night shift at the bank. You hear noises all the time. You need to find out what they are and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms.
- 4
Gate of Souls
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guard.
I got a job as a night guard. They promise to pay a lot, but for my own safety I have to follow strange rules. As you progress, you'll have to find keys and open locked rooms. A first-person game with elements of horror. Explore the hospital and its rooms, collect batteries for your flashlight.
- 5
Spooky Shelter
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Guard.
A girl named Sarah stood in front of the old abandoned orphanage where she had spent her childhood. The building had been empty for years and looked decrepit and troubled. As she approached the entrance, she heard a faint whispering voice that seemed to be calling her name.
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Hotel in the Dark
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guard.
That's the day it all started on Sept. 13. 2020. In the early morning of the same day, I was already standing at the bus station, waiting for my bus. I had to travel a couple of three hundred kilometers to a small town. I found a hotel quickly. It was quite a modern building at first glance.
- 7
Fright Animatronics 2
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guard.
Fright Animatronics 2 is a first-person horror game where your task is to work in a warehouse for a week. What can go wrong?
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The Night Guard
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guard.
This facility was built on a very interesting location and had an interesting history. It grew up on the site of a former hospital for the mentally ill, the only one of its kind. There and spent their final days people suffering from a bunch of ailments.
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The Witch's House
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guard.
There is an old house on the edge of a small town. All the locals have always avoided it, as strange and mysterious events constantly happen there. This time, what happened in this house made the whole city shudder with fear.
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Ghost Village
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Guard.
My grandmother was originally from the village, but after the environmental disaster that occurred 30 years ago near their settlement, she moved to our city and lived with us.
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Mission: Aliens
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Guard.
Sergeant, last night we received a signal that an unknown aircraft of extraterrestrial origin had crashed in the taiga. The locals assured us that at the crash site they observed five creatures very similar to humans, only with gray skin and large almond-shaped eyes.
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DrugRunner
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Drug Runner is a 3D game in which you have to run along the road and dodge obstacles, on the way collecting bonuses and coins that give you points. If you can jump over the barrier by pressing the "space bar".
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Battle Robots
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Guard.
Do you like fast games with the grinding of metal? Try to take part in fights with robots. Your task is to come out of the battle victorious, deftly inflicting crushing blows on your opponent. Upgrade your armor, and then head to the arena to fight. Start playing now!
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Sleep
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guard.
Nastya, she is 18 years old. Every day she draws images of the monsters that come to her and describes them. And every night, Nastya has a dream where she fights her monsters. And with each dream, you have to get out of the dream.
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307 Racing
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Guard.
Circuit racing is the common name for several types of car races, held on special tracks with hard surfaces. The main feature of such competitions is that the track has a closed form (ring).
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Metal Detecting Simulator
Single-player alternative to The Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Guard.
2D platformer with a view from the top. In the game you have to buy equipment to search for various items. Metal detectors, shovels, will help you in this. You come to the new land, you need to buy land and start searching for gold and coins, as well you will come across junk.