Single-player games like Paranormal
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Paranormal, 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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Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paranormal.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
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Master Reboot
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal.
Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious memories are saved to enjoy forever, where your soul is immortal. Master Reboot is a haunting first-person sci-fi adventure.
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Rise of Insanity
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paranormal.
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Dollmare
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paranormal.
You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.
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Scanner Sombre
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paranormal.
Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.
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Paragnosia
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paranormal.
Observe every corner of your apartment by moving your camera along a rail that runs through the rooms. Find and take pictures of paranormal anomalies to exorcise them. Locked in your surveillance room, will you survive tonight's 8 rounds?
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Phasmophobia
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Paranormal.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Paranormal.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Five Nights at Freddy's
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paranormal.
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!
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DOOM
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Paranormal.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
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Ben The Exorcist
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal.
Ben the Exorcist is horror/comedy game from first person perspective. The task of our titular Hero is to banish annoying ghosts from haunted house of Whiterspoon family so they could finally continue their boring life peacefully.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Paranormal.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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SCP-087
Single-player alternative to Paranormal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal.
SCP-087 is a first-person horror game centered on paranormal events. In a seemingly quiet laboratory, players take on the role of truth-seekers, compelled to delve ever deeper into the building. However, escape is not an option, forcing them to endure a personal descent into hell!