Single-player games like Obscure
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Obscure, 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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Obscure II (Obscure: The Aftermath)
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Obscure.
Two years ago, a group of young teenagers found themselves trapped inside their school. They suffered through the longest night of their lives, chased by abominable creatures created by their principal. Some of them survived that terrible night, while others perished.
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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Obscure.
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Obscure.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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Daymare: 1998
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Obscure.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
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The Evil Within
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Obscure.
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 6
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Obscure.
Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.
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ZOMBI
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Obscure.
London is falling. Are you prepared? The Last Blight is upon us. It was foretold. For the second time in history, a great plague has shrouded London in a fog of death. Big Ben tolls as thousands of unprepared die, or worse, are infected by a sickness more gruesome than death.
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Resident Evil 2
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Obscure.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Obscure.
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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FINAL FANTASY
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The original FINAL FANTASY comes to life with completely new graphics and audio! A remodeled 2D take on the first game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.
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Persona 5 Royal
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Don the mask and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as they stage grand heists, infiltrate the minds of the corrupt, and make them change their ways!
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Persona 3 Reload
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Obscure.
Dive into the Dark Hour and awaken the depths of your heart. Persona 3 Reload is a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era with cutting-edge graphics and gameplay.
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Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Obscure.
Become a mighty demigod and battle through a decimated Tokyo in a war between angels and demons. Make new allies along your journey, engage in intense, turn-based combat, recruit hundreds of demons and forge your own path to dictate the fate of all existence.
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Cyberpunk 2077
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.
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Mass Effect (2007)
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Obscure.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
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Dungeons of Dredmor
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.
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Alone in the Dark (2008)
Single-player alternative to Obscure — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Obscure.
The game that started the popular survival horror genre returns better than ever! Players control Edward Carnby, the main character from the original Alone in the Dark, on a thrilling journey through a dark and terrifying re-creation of New York's Central Park where Carnby must discover the truth behind a dark conspiracy.