Single-player games like On the other side
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to On the other side, 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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Nafanya the Poltergeist
Single-player alternative to On the other side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On the other side.
A game about a house spirit - Houseboy. With the name Nafanya. The player will have to get out of a multi-unit Soviet house, which is run by the Domovoi. To find the way out, you will have to solve riddles from the spirit, and maybe even make friends with him.
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Into The Abyss
Single-player alternative to On the other side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On the other side.
(Currently being REMADE/Remastered) A 1st-person survival horror game. Explore and find your way through horrific environments. Find clues and solve puzzles to advance. Running might be the best way to stay alive.
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Gate of Souls
Single-player alternative to On the other side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On the other side.
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.
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ASTRAL - Dream Or Reality
Single-player alternative to On the other side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On the other side.
Survive the ultimate horror in ASTRAL - Dream Or Reality, the game that challenges your psyche and decisions.
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Summon: Joint escape
Single-player alternative to On the other side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On the other side.
Summon: Joint Escape is a cooperative horror survival game for 1-4 players. Find a way to escape from a stalker in camouflage uniform who wants to give you a piece of paper with the inscription "Summon".
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The Backrooms Project
Single-player alternative to On the other side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On the other side.
Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?
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The Escape: Together
Single-player alternative to On the other side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On the other side.
The Escape: Together is a 1-3 player Online CO-OP escape horror. The paranormal creature has taken over the house. You must use everything you find to survive and make your runaway.
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Holidays in Khrushchevsk
Single-player alternative to On the other side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with On the other side.
Do you like spontaneous purchases? Do all your purchases bring you happiness? Everything is not as simple as it seems at first glance.
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MEGA
Single-player alternative to On the other side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On the other side.
This is a short story about humanity's last attempt to resist nature. Cities lie in ruins, there are traces of huge claws everywhere - once disturbed by people, giants began to wreak havoc around the world. But is there a solution?...
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Climber
Single-player alternative to On the other side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On the other side.
This is a little adventure in the depths of a mysterious cave. Try on the role of a rescuer and try to save the lives of a team of missing cavers as quickly as possible. You will need concentration, discipline and strong hands, because the owners of these depths do not like uninvited guests.
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Phenom
Single-player alternative to On the other side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On the other side.
In the midst of an outbreak of a mysterious virus that turns people into crazed zombies, James's wife has disappeared and now he has to find her and survive in a zombie apocalypse with moving around the grid using improvised means, environment and logic.
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Mannequin machine
Single-player alternative to On the other side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On the other side.
"Mannequin machine" is a first-person psychological horror game with camera effects that tells the story of working in a mannequin factory. Beware of the evil at the heart of the plant, it drives its victims crazy
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Deep Hell
Single-player alternative to On the other side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with On the other side.
Immerse yourself in a dark dense forest in which terrible inexplicable things happen. You will have to find the missing people's belongings by following the coordinates left in the notes of the missing brother. Someone or something lives in the forest and changes everyone who goes there.