Single-player games like The Friends We Left Behind
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Friends We Left Behind, 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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The Transference
Single-player alternative to The Friends We Left Behind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Friends We Left Behind.
Escape from your own house, in which you have been locked up. But be careful, you will not be alone in your captivity. Immerse yourself in this first-person horror adventure, full of family secrets and betrayals. And find out who and why they locked you up.
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Silent Anomalies
Single-player alternative to The Friends We Left Behind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Friends We Left Behind.
Silent Anomalies is an intense surveillance simulator. You are a monitoring operator whose job is to find anomalies. Switch cameras, analyze changes, and detect things that look strange or out of place.
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Chamber's Reunion
Single-player alternative to The Friends We Left Behind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Friends We Left Behind.
Following a message from an old friend, you visit abandoned estate. Suddenly, you're knocked out. As you wake up, your only job is to escape as quickly as possible..
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Backrooms: Lost
Single-player alternative to The Friends We Left Behind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Friends We Left Behind.
Backrooms: Lost supports multiplayer, allowing players to navigate mysterious environments, evading lethal entities while striving to escape. All future content updates, like new levels and game modes, will remain complimentary.
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LATE 2 ESCAPE : Chapter One
Single-player alternative to The Friends We Left Behind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Friends We Left Behind.
Locked inside your own home on Halloween night, you wake up searching for your missing daughter while PTSD induced hallucinations consume reality around you. Late trick-or-treaters keep knocking as every sound, memory, and encounter pulls you deeper into psychological horror.
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Backrooms Multi-Verses
Single-player alternative to The Friends We Left Behind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Friends We Left Behind.
Survival horror with realistic graphics based on Unreal Engine 5. Ten highly detailed levels: liminal world, puzzles and creatures. New levels and content regularly. Experience unbearable horror and find a way to escape from...
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CRUELTY
Single-player alternative to The Friends We Left Behind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Friends We Left Behind.
"CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.
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Fragmented Memories: Escape Room
Single-player alternative to The Friends We Left Behind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Friends We Left Behind.
Immerse yourself in an intriguing world of mystery and darkness with "Fragmented Momories: Escape Room." You take the role of Robert Williams, a retired former police officer, whose life is shrouded in shadows after a fatal car accident that haunts his nightmares.
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Imaginary Friend Asylum
Single-player alternative to The Friends We Left Behind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Friends We Left Behind.
A psychological horror game about being a child in an insane asylum. You're in a cruel world but your imaginary friends have your back. Here, you will uncover a dark conspiracy where you are to receive a terrible fate.
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Mint's Hints
Single-player alternative to The Friends We Left Behind — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Friends We Left Behind.
Mint’s Hints is a cancelled children’s show, and you’ve found yourself on the old set. Find paw-shaped Hints with special ghost-detecting Flashbrights, and discover the secret behind the show’s closure with your Happy-Go-Lucky Notebook, but be careful, the stars of the show are after you.