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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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
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Dying Light
Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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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!
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Contagion
Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.
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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...
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Pacify
Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
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Inside the Backrooms
Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
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Backrooms Rec.
Single-player alternative to Backrooms: The Phobolore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: The Phobolore.
Dive into the mysteries of the Backrooms with a solo-developed survival game. Explore eerie hallways, uncover secrets alone or in multiplayer (up to 6 players), and take on unique challenges.
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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!