Single-player games like Connection: The Nightmare Within
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Connection: The Nightmare Within, 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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PATHOGEN X
Single-player alternative to Connection: The Nightmare Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Connection: The Nightmare Within.
An immersive, first-person survival shooter where you step into the boots of Special Agent Aiden Clark. Dive deep into a hazardous underground laboratory, tasked with the perilous mission of neutralizing a biological menace and securing a pathogen sample.
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Among Ashes
Single-player alternative to Connection: The Nightmare Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Connection: The Nightmare Within.
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿
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Rabbit Hole
Single-player alternative to Connection: The Nightmare Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Connection: The Nightmare Within.
An ancient evil has descended upon the rural town of Rabbit Hole. Now Shaun Turner not only has to untangle a twisted web of supernatural events and mysteries to save his family but also escape from the hellish remains of his hometown.
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EBOLA 3
Single-player alternative to Connection: The Nightmare Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Connection: The Nightmare Within.
EBOLA 3 - is created in the spirit of the great classics of survival horrors. In this game, you will control the main character with a first-person camera which makes you feel like you’re in a real horror movie.
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Fear The Timeloop
Single-player alternative to Connection: The Nightmare Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Connection: The Nightmare Within.
Sheriff James Cooper is slowly bleeding to death in an unfamiliar hospital. But the moment his life ends, everything starts over. He has fifteen minutes to break this endless cycle, uncover the truth, and find a way out before it's too late.
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Selene's Unbearable Night
Single-player alternative to Connection: The Nightmare Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Connection: The Nightmare Within.
A third person survival horror game. Search for key objects, solve puzzles and face dangers in order to escape. Inspired by the old survival horror, with two playable characters and modern mechanics delve into the narrative story of Selene's Unbearable night.
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Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol
Single-player alternative to Connection: The Nightmare Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Connection: The Nightmare Within.
Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol is a first-person survival horror game inspired by Junji Ito's psychological horror and eerie aesthetics. This work centers on the twisted potential of human nature and fear of the unknown, taking you on a journey of survival where memory and mystery intertwine.
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Dead of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Connection: The Nightmare Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Connection: The Nightmare Within.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
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The Evil Within
Single-player alternative to Connection: The Nightmare Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Connection: The Nightmare Within.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Connection: The Nightmare Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Connection: The Nightmare Within.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Connection: The Nightmare Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Connection: The Nightmare Within.
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.