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Single-player games like Backrooms: The Phobolore

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Backrooms: The Phobolore, 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 Unknown — Steam game cover

    The Unknown

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    You and Your Team Of 4 Players Hunt down Paranormal Entities While Trying to Survive The Night Solving Paranormal Cases of the Unknown in this Online horror Multiplayer Game

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  2. 2
    HOLLOWED Co. — Steam game cover

    HOLLOWED Co.

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    A chaotic multiplayer horror game where a paranormal recovery crew hunts cursed relics in haunted locations — while monsters hunt them back and corrupted teammates hide among the crew. Work together, uncover the impostors, and survive long enough to escape.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project MISPLACE — Steam game cover

    Project MISPLACE

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    A living facility rearranges rooms behind you. Co-op horror for 1–4, 8, or 16 — it only wants you to hold still.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
  4. 4
    Backrooms Manager - Together — Steam game cover

    Backrooms Manager - Together

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    A 1–6 player co-op survival logistics game where a routine delivery traps your crew inside the Backrooms. Scavenge, recycle, deliver cargo, manage a shared budget, and survive 49 days to earn your freedom.

    2026IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Lost — Steam game cover

    The Lost

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    You survive a bombing from enemy planes, you are knocked out and on an island with no contact to the outside world.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lunch Lady — Steam game cover

    Lunch Lady

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Lunch Lady is a 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. The school final exams are coming up and the best idea you and your friends had was to steal the test answers. Find all 10 pages and don't get caught by the murderous Lunch Lady!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Experiment — Steam game cover

    The Experiment

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    The tests went wrong. He has been transformed. It is hostile toward others. You have been assigned the task of killing the horrifying creature. Listen closely as it could be around any corner. (Game includes Remastered + Classic versions)

    2024ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  8. 8
    BIGFOOT — Steam game cover

    BIGFOOT

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    You are a Bigfoot hunter with an important mission: to put an end to rumours once and for all and prove to yourself that Bigfoot is not just a myth or an invention of the mind...

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Backrooms: Steps into the abyss — Steam game cover

    Backrooms: Steps into the abyss

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Try to survive in these endless corridors and mazes, sometimes they seem the same, sometimes they seem completely different, and what if you are already going crazy? Can you survive here? You will need to look for supplies by type of water and food

    2025IndieAdventure0.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  10. 10
    Diving Focus — Steam game cover

    Diving Focus

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    “Diving Focus” is a scuba diving simulator in which you have to explore the underwater world by diving into the water and looking for objects that will help you in the further progression of the game!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation1.19 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Backrooms: The Lost Circus — Steam game cover

    Backrooms: The Lost Circus

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Backrooms: The Lost Circus is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Backrooms: What's Next — Steam game cover

    Backrooms: What's Next

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Backrooms: What's Next is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Backrooms: The Next Level — Steam game cover

    Backrooms: The Next Level

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Backrooms: The Next Level is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Backrooms: The Others — Steam game cover

    Backrooms: The Others

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Backrooms: The Others is a cooperative horror game for up to 4 players where you will be forced to explore these unknown nooks and crannies, trying to survive in this complex world where death can be waiting for you at every turn!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Backrooms: The Deep Dark — Steam game cover

    Backrooms: The Deep Dark

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.

    Backrooms: The Deep Dark is a 4-player cooperative horror game where you will survive in a mysterious scary atmospheric world, wander through unknown dark corners and get scared of every nook and cranny!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →