Single-player games like Highschool53
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Highschool53, 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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Parasomnia
Single-player alternative to Highschool53 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Highschool53.
Parasomnia is a horror game in the style of backrooms. The accompanying excellent visual will allow you to plunge into the nightmare happening around the hero. Mitya is not a fighter, he can only run. Realistic camera and sound complement your emotions.
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Chiral
Single-player alternative to Highschool53 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Highschool53.
A sci-fi puzzle adventure for all non-smooth brains. Solve mind-bending spatial puzzles in a sprawling corporate labyrinth as a disembodied brain in a jar, paired with a digital AI companion.
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Ayasa: Shadows of Silence
Single-player alternative to Highschool53 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Highschool53.
A dark tale of survival and conscience, blending platforming, puzzles, and haunting beauty. Journey through surreal lands where every choice shapes the fate of a world on the edge of ruin will you restore the light or embrace the darkness?
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Shadows of Truth VR
Single-player alternative to Highschool53 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Highschool53.
As a detective you need to find clues and plotted them in your mind and got close to the answers, but things took different turn someone is chasing you in your nightmares and it keeps coming! Back in reality someone else is also trying to reach to John. You need to escape and get to the answers!
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DYMENSION Prologue:Scary Horror Survival Shooter
Single-player alternative to Highschool53 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Highschool53.
It’s a horror first-person game where you have to plunge into a complicated story that at first glance seems simple, but hides a lot of details and puzzles, you're alone in the dark only to survive this night.
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家屋探索 -Japanese House Exploration-
Single-player alternative to Highschool53 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Highschool53.
『Japanese House Exploration』is a first-person puzzle horror adventure game set in a traditional Japanese house. You explore a house that is both eerie and nostalgic. To find a dear friend.
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Bughouse
Single-player alternative to Highschool53 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Highschool53.
Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!
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Metel - Horror Escape
Single-player alternative to Highschool53 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Highschool53.
Metel - Horror Escape is a first-person 3D game in the quest, horror genre. Welcome to the home of an insane maniac hungry for new blood and suffering! You are a victim in his hands. Be careful trying to find a way out. The maniac should not notice your escape attempt.
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ROAR
Single-player alternative to Highschool53 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Highschool53.
A cinematic first-person survival horror game where you explore a remote Kenyan wildlife reserve and survive intelligent lions that stalk, surround, and wait for the perfect moment to strike. Manage stamina, light, and panic as you uncover a classified predator experiment.