Single-player games like BLACK RUNES
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to BLACK RUNES, 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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Cursed Bet
Single-player alternative to BLACK RUNES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK RUNES.
Cursed Bet is a horror game where you play from a body camera perspective. Enter the abandoned preschool, the subject of terrible rumors, in the midnight. Struggle the cursed doll Ebeleen as you investigate the school's dark past. Will you be able to destroy him and his curse?
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The Man in the Fields
Single-player alternative to BLACK RUNES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACK RUNES.
The Man in the Fields is a first person horror experience based on a ritual of the same name. Once you summon The Man in the Fields, every door and item in your house will be opened. Close everything in time to prevent it from getting in.
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Into The Depths
Single-player alternative to BLACK RUNES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK RUNES.
Escape the lab and survive through dangerous monsters and military personnel
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Veil of Torment
Single-player alternative to BLACK RUNES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK RUNES.
Enter the abandoned Black Water Asylum in search of a missing girl. Veil of Torment is a psychological horror game where reality twists, shadows whisper, and every step drags you deeper into madness.
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Eternal
Single-player alternative to BLACK RUNES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK RUNES.
Eternal is a first-person survival horror shooter where the player is trapped in a sinister mental asylum filled with terrifying entities. Your goal is to unravel the dark secrets of the asylum as you fight to escape this nightmarish place.
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Alone in the Office
Single-player alternative to BLACK RUNES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK RUNES.
You will play as office worker who was left to finish the job. While working on last documents you starting hearing strange sounds. How could this be? You are pretty sure that you are alone in the office.
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No Haste
Single-player alternative to BLACK RUNES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK RUNES.
No Haste is a survival horror game. Sneak into a shopping mall to steal, be discreet and smart and don't get caught by the Rist creature!
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Please Ignore The Anomalies
Single-player alternative to BLACK RUNES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK RUNES.
A first-person psychological horror game about observing strange anomalies, surviving disturbing entities, and trying to make it to work on time. Sometimes the house is completely normal... sometimes it is not.
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Wormhole: Battle for Planet Earth
Single-player alternative to BLACK RUNES — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BLACK RUNES.
Wormhole: Battle for Planet Earth - This is a fantastic third-person action game. In the game you are waiting for aliens, teleporters, dark matter and hurricane action.