Single-player games like The Guest
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to The Guest, 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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Insider Threat
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guest.
Insider Threat is a first-person survival horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
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The Maid
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guest.
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
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HAIGLA
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Guest.
Confined to a wheelchair, explore a hospital pulled into a distorted world beneath reality. A slow psychological horror focused on exploration, tension, and the unsettling atmosphere of this strange place.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guest.
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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From The Darkness
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Guest.
From the darkness is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an old Soviet abandoned apartment.
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File Destined
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guest.
Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.
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Manivore
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Guest.
He doesn’t just hunt to kill. Manivore is not just a murderer, he is an artist. For him, death is not an outcome but a process. Can you uncover the truth within this twisted game, or will you be the next prey?
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guest.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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Phasmophobia
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guest.
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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PT+
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Guest.
Use virtual reality to learn how to stretch and exercise your neck
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Parasite
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Guest.
This is a roguelike open-world sandbox survival horror set in a modern city. Play as an --redacted-- parasite, possess human hosts, exploit and evolve them to help you survive in a hostile world, all to find out your one true purpose.
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Ritual
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guest.
Ritual is a first-person psychological horror game. Immerse yourself in this sinister experience of terror, where everything familiar becomes strange to you, find the necessary elements to complete the ritual and solve the mystery.
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From Hell
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guest.
From Hell is a first-person psychological horror game that focuses on creating fear and tension for the player.
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The Empty Eyes
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Guest.
The Empty Eyes is a first-person psychological horror experience that immerses you in an investigation steeped in mystery. Every step inside the house brings you closer to a hidden truth, while tension mounts and fear takes root in your mind.
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Echoes in Darkness
Single-player alternative to The Guest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Guest.
Echoes in Darkness is a first-person psychological horror experience.