Single-player games like Backrooms Project: The lost file
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Backrooms Project: The lost file, 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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My Bloody Weekend
Single-player alternative to Backrooms Project: The lost file — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
"My Bloody Weekend" is a survival horror in Quick Time Events, set in a mansion where a killer with a cleaver tries to kill a girl ... can you survive? Real actors, real terror!
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The Quarry
Single-player alternative to Backrooms Project: The lost file — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
When the sun goes down on the last night of summer camp, nine teenage counselors are plunged into an unpredictable night of horror. The only thing worse than the blood-drenched locals and creatures hunting them are the unimaginable choices you must make to help them survive.
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Welcome to Kowloon
Single-player alternative to Backrooms Project: The lost file — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
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Chicken Feet
Single-player alternative to Backrooms Project: The lost file — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
Chicken Feet is a first person survival-stealth horror game about a giant, angry chicken. Descend into the depths of GOOBER laboratories and uncover the horrors that lie beneath the lab's shiny façade.
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The Last Visit: 98th
Single-player alternative to Backrooms Project: The lost file — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
"The Last Visit: 98th" is a psychological indie horror from the first person, in the genre of a walking simulator, in the setting of the post-Soviet winter space. The main focus is on the atmosphere of horror, which is emphasized by realistic 3D graphics.
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The Fan
Single-player alternative to Backrooms Project: The lost file — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The Fan is an interactive photo fiction with real locations and actors.The game is a first person thriller with a unique twist. Driven by a creepy and unsettling atmosphere, it will take you deep within the darkest places of Paris underground.
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Manivore
Single-player alternative to Backrooms Project: The lost file — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
He doesn’t just hunt to kill. Manivore is not just a murderer, he is an artist. For him, death is not an outcome but a process. Can you uncover the truth within this twisted game, or will you be the next prey?
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Notch - The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS
Single-player alternative to Backrooms Project: The lost file — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backrooms Project: The lost file.
This is an isolated town, a town of memories that have been forgotten by its people. However, this small town has not been quiet and peaceful since the murders began... Time passes by, where are the sinful spirits going? Are my memories reality, or just a dream?
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The Last Sword
Single-player alternative to Backrooms Project: The lost file — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are the chosen one to save the world of Lunaria. Fantasy game in a medieval and magical RPG world.