Single-player games like Dead Signal
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Signal, 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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Through The Backrooms
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Signal.
You as Ethan, a robber who wants to end his criminal past. Suddenly you fall in the Backrooms and now you have to solve the mystery of the liminal rooms to find a way out. But you are not alone here...
- 2
Metro Anomaly
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Signal.
Watch the behavior of the office clerks closely and find the one who is merely pretending to be human. You have only one bullet to survive this cycle. Make a mistake, and the anomaly will attack you.
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Cauldron Inn
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Signal.
Trying to save yourselfe from something unknown but clearly malevolent, you hide in a mysterious inn. However, your temporary refuge turns out to be a trap, and now you must find a way to escape.
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Flat 9
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Signal.
A psychological horror set in a deserted apartment, where you're trapped in a relentless cycle. Armed with a strange device, you must find and report every anomaly to escape. Can you make it past Flat 9?
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Dark Manor
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Dark Manor is a single-player, first-person horror game. Explore the manor and collect the amulets that will allow you to escape this cursed place. Different types of monsters and creatures inhabit this old, dilapidated mansion, and you'll need to avoid them to successfully make your escape.
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Prison Anomaly
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Signal.
Report anomalies and avoid monsters in a high-security prison by pressing the green or red button in the isolation block at the end of the corridor to submit your report. One mistake will reset your shift.
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The 7th Shift
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Signal.
A psychological horror game about working overnight shifts alone in a grocery store. Stock shelves. Clean. Do your job. But you soon realize something sinister is watching. Survive seven shifts to discover why you were really hired and face a choice that will seal your fate.
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Zero Warning: Burnt Out
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Signal.
In this anomaly horror game, a boy has been abandoned in a burning train car. Spot the difference, decide when to push forward, and survive long enough to complete the rescue.
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Welcome to the Game
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Signal.
Welcome to the Game is a creepy horror/puzzle game that takes you into the world of the Deep Web. Explore the Deep Web with the sole purpose of trying to find a Red Room, an online service / website that allows you to see and participate in interactive torture and murder.
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Welcome to the Game II
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Signal.
Welcome to the Game II is an atmospheric horror / strategy / puzzle game that takes you into the world of the deep web in search of the shadow web. Play as an investigative reporter trying to solve a case of a mysterious woman broadcasting for help as masked men are on the hunt to kill her.
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Scrutinized
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Signal.
Work to expose the numerous criminal degenerates that plague your quiet town. Use citizen-issued reports, police records, social media accounts, text conversations, and more to determine who’s an actual threat and who’s harmless, all while avoiding the killers trying to infiltrate your home.
- 12
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.
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The Waiting Room - An Existential Simulation
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Signal.
Ever been to a waiting room? Ever wanted to? Well now's your chance! Enter The Waiting Room, get your ticket number and wait. "For what?" you might ask. Does it matter? It is an existential life-simulation metaphor? Or a ridiculous waste of time? Well, that, my friends, is up to you.
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Welcome to the Game III
Single-player alternative to Dead Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dead Signal.
Navigate the internet's dark net, searching for pieces of a puzzle that once combined will clear your outstanding debt. Scan strange websites for info, hack into PCs while defending your own, and buy/sell goods & services, all while avoiding threats in this strategic, suspenseful horror game.