Single-player games like Buried
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Buried, 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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Finnish Cottage 8
Single-player alternative to Buried — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buried.
You've been trapped in a looping Finnish summer cottage. Use your observation and memory to find anomalies and make the right choice to escape the Finnish Cottage 8.
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The 5th Door
Single-player alternative to Buried — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buried.
You find yourself in a quiet room with four doors. There's ALWAYS an anomaly. Choose wisely.
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Limoria
Single-player alternative to Buried — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buried.
Welcome to a world where you are lost between consciousness and dreams. As you wander the dark corridors of an old hotel, face the games your mind plays on you. Your memories linger like a shadow following you. But there's nowhere to escape... Are you ready to confront your darkest fears?
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18层
Single-player alternative to Buried — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buried.
"18 Floors" is a psychological horror indie game set in 1930s Shanghai. Players awaken in a grand hotel, trapped as fate and soul intertwine, leading them deeper into the unknown.
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Infinite Innocence
Single-player alternative to Buried — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buried.
Infinite Innocence is a game about finding anomalies, but it is very easy to see them with lighting. What if we give it a little more difficulty and tension? Will you be able to remember everything until the end?
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Life & Shadow: Celestial Call
Single-player alternative to Buried — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buried.
You are trapped in the observatory of a star-obsessed professor atop Mount Clearveil. Plan your survival during the day, confront the darkness of the basement at night. Can you break the ritual and uncover the mystery?
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Panelak
Single-player alternative to Buried — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buried.
Panelak is an old socialist-era building where strange things happen. Can you make it to the roof and help the helpless man?
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Subliminal
Single-player alternative to Buried — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buried.
Subliminal is a psychological horror game inspired by the urban legend of The Backrooms. Bleeding edge lighting and rendering, handcrafted open-ended levels, light and perspective-based puzzles, nostalgic spaces, unfamiliar faces, and a rotting feeling that something is not quite right.
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Confabulation
Single-player alternative to Buried — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buried.
Your memory is fading. Things around your home keep changing; they are not what they appear to be. Find what is wrong, take pictures to restore your memory. Try to remember. Learn what you have forgotten, learn what has happened. It is not what it seems to be.
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Confabulation: Homestead
Single-player alternative to Buried — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buried.
Horror puzzle game with spot-the-difference elements for survival. Complete interesting puzzles throughout your home to gain access to more areas and unlock more of the story all while using your modified camera to survive the threat that is lurking.
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The Gravedigger
Single-player alternative to Buried — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buried.
You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.
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The Anomaly Experiment
Single-player alternative to Buried — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Buried.
Sentenced to life in prison, you’re offered freedom by joining a trial for a new drug. The experiment is simple: enter the room, observe, and identify what has changed. Complete all tasks, and your sentence is commuted. But, the further you go, the more unsettling your reality becomes.