Single-player games like A Night in Prison
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to A Night in Prison, 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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Gate of Souls
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Night in Prison.
I got a job as a night guard. They promise to pay a lot, but for my own safety I have to follow strange rules. As you progress, you'll have to find keys and open locked rooms. A first-person game with elements of horror. Explore the hospital and its rooms, collect batteries for your flashlight.
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Nafanya the Poltergeist
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Night in Prison.
A game about a house spirit - Houseboy. With the name Nafanya. The player will have to get out of a multi-unit Soviet house, which is run by the Domovoi. To find the way out, you will have to solve riddles from the spirit, and maybe even make friends with him.
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Hotel in the Dark
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Night in Prison.
That's the day it all started on Sept. 13. 2020. In the early morning of the same day, I was already standing at the bus station, waiting for my bus. I had to travel a couple of three hundred kilometers to a small town. I found a hotel quickly. It was quite a modern building at first glance.
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Shadow of the School
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Night in Prison.
The player finds himself in an abandoned school, which was once a place of study for local schoolchildren. The protagonist is a paranormal researcher who came here to solve the mystery that shrouds this gloomy location.
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Night of Horror
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Night in Prison.
You are on the night shift at the bank. You hear noises all the time. You need to find out what they are and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms.
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Village
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Night in Prison.
A young boy has come to a distant village to visit his grandmother. Arriving at the final station, in some wilderness, we find newspaper clippings on the platform. This is where our tangled story begins.
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Evil Ritual - Horror Escape
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Night in Prison.
You woke up in a cold and scary dungeon, and you don't know how you got there. After examining the situation and finding an old lamp, you try to get out, but you meet on your way: screamers, notes and various objects. Later, you realize that you have become part of an evil ritual!
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Madness on Display
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Night in Prison.
Venture into the world of chilling psychological horror, where the line between reality and nightmare is thinner than a spider's web. Grandview is not just a game, it is a test for your nerves and mind.
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The Guard
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Night in Prison.
You are on the night shift at the mall. While you were taking your post, your partner went missing. All the time you hear some kind of noise. You need to find out their origin and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms.
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The Witch's House
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Night in Prison.
There is an old house on the edge of a small town. All the locals have always avoided it, as strange and mysterious events constantly happen there. This time, what happened in this house made the whole city shudder with fear.
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Ghost Village
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with A Night in Prison.
My grandmother was originally from the village, but after the environmental disaster that occurred 30 years ago near their settlement, she moved to our city and lived with us.
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Mission: Aliens
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Night in Prison.
Sergeant, last night we received a signal that an unknown aircraft of extraterrestrial origin had crashed in the taiga. The locals assured us that at the crash site they observed five creatures very similar to humans, only with gray skin and large almond-shaped eyes.
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DrugRunner
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Drug Runner is a 3D game in which you have to run along the road and dodge obstacles, on the way collecting bonuses and coins that give you points. If you can jump over the barrier by pressing the "space bar".
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Battle Robots
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with A Night in Prison.
Do you like fast games with the grinding of metal? Try to take part in fights with robots. Your task is to come out of the battle victorious, deftly inflicting crushing blows on your opponent. Upgrade your armor, and then head to the arena to fight. Start playing now!
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Sleep
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Night in Prison.
Nastya, she is 18 years old. Every day she draws images of the monsters that come to her and describes them. And every night, Nastya has a dream where she fights her monsters. And with each dream, you have to get out of the dream.
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307 Racing
Single-player alternative to A Night in Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with A Night in Prison.
Circuit racing is the common name for several types of car races, held on special tracks with hard surfaces. The main feature of such competitions is that the track has a closed form (ring).