IMHO.

Single-player games like I Hate This Place

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to I Hate This Place, 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.

Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like I Hate This Place page.

Ranked picks

  1. 1
    Eternal Dread — Steam game cover

    Eternal Dread

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Eternal Dread is a Medieval Dark Fantasy Horror game. You wake up in a dungeon. Everyone is gone. Have your premonitions finally come true? You must use what you can find around you to survive.

    2027AdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
  2. 2
    HOW — Steam game cover

    HOW

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I Hate This Place.

    A psychological horror game where you play as a prisoner exploring the depths of a large and horrific medical facility. You must survive the many creatures and abominations inside and find all the secrets hidden within the strange new labyrinth.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  3. 3
    2Dark — Steam game cover

    2Dark

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I Hate This Place.

    2Dark is a stealth adventure game developed by Frédérick Raynal, the pioneer of survival horror games and creator of Alone in the Dark®. Make your way through the lairs of psychopaths, unravel intrigue where madness mingles with horror, and, above all, save the kids!

    2017IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  4. 4
    Pseudo-Haunting — Steam game cover

    Pseudo-Haunting

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Fend off spirits by ripping your spirit off your body. Explore a glitched haunted house. Recall twisted memories. Get out alive.

    2024Adventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  5. 5
    Sanity of Morris — Steam game cover

    Sanity of Morris

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I Hate This Place.

    Sanity of Morris: a psychological horror adventure game. Your flashlight reveals the clues you need to stay sane in the search for your father. Discover the truth. Could aliens be real?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  6. 6
    System Under Surveillance — Steam game cover

    System Under Surveillance

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I Hate This Place.

    System Under Surveillance (SUS) is a charming stealth puzzle adventure, where you have to avoid and trick enemies rather than fight them. Take control of Adam and his little robot, TURBO. Use their unique abilities to navigate a maze-like dystopian city. Do you have what it takes to escape?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  7. 7
    Forest - The Call For Help — Steam game cover

    Forest - The Call For Help

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I Hate This Place.

    After breaking down and calling for a pickup, you hear a call for help in the forest feet away. You decide to investigate the irregular forest while waiting for your friend to arrive.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  8. 8
    Dread Flats — Steam game cover

    Dread Flats

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I Hate This Place.

    This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation4.79 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  9. 9
    Resident Evil — Steam game cover

    Resident Evil

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
  10. 10
    The Evil Within 2 — Steam game cover

    The Evil Within 2

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.

    2017ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
  11. 11
    How to Survive — Steam game cover

    How to Survive

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    “A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?

    2014ActionAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
  12. 12
    Stranger Things 3: The Game — Steam game cover

    Stranger Things 3: The Game

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Stranger Things 3: The Game is the official companion game to Season 3 of the hit original series! Play through familiar events from the series while also uncovering never-before-seen quests, character interactions, and secrets!

    2019ActionAdventureDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
  13. 13
    Stranger Things VR — Steam game cover

    Stranger Things VR

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Experience the world of Stranger Things from the never-before-seen perspective of Vecna as he explores unknown realities, forms the hive mind, and enacts his plan for revenge against Eleven and Hawkins.

    2024ActionAdventure24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  14. 14
    The Lightbringer — Steam game cover

    The Lightbringer

    Single-player alternative to I Hate This Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I Hate This Place.

    The Lightbringer is a poetic adventure/puzzle platformer with light combat elements, set in a beautiful world claimed by a vile corruption. Guided by your sister’s spirit, you must prevail where she could not. Cleanse the corruption, become The Lightbringer.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →