Single-player games like The Unknown Fear
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Unknown Fear, 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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BOKKIE
Single-player alternative to The Unknown Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.
Dare to enter the world of "BOKKIE" where the line between childhood innocence and supernatural terror is blurred, and every corner hides a secret waiting to be unveiled. Will you brave the haunting whispers of the abandoned toys, or succumb to the darkness that lurks within?
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Black Cat
Single-player alternative to The Unknown Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.
This game is based on the story of Edgar Allan Poe and was created to convey a unique atmosphere of horror and hopelessness. This is a terrible story about man, who standed on the path of cruelty and learned all the facets of madness.
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Into Death and Beyond
Single-player alternative to The Unknown Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.
Into Death and Beyond is a gripping first-person survival horror game set on the hostile planet XB32-ENT. As bounty hunter Mark Helkins, scavenge for resources, solve puzzles, and confront terrifying mutants. Unravel dark secrets and capture a rogue alien before it hunts you down. Will you survive?
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DO NOT OPEN
Single-player alternative to The Unknown Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Unknown Fear.
DO NOT OPEN is a terrifying short and paced first-person escape-room experience, based on randomness in puzzle combinations, and classic survival-horror mechanics. Each game will contain different rooms and puzzle combination, being different to solve.
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Pyromaniac
Single-player alternative to The Unknown Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.
Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
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Sniper Killer
Single-player alternative to The Unknown Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.
Eliminate your victims as a serial killer dubbed ‘The Sniper Killer’. Terrorize the city with your keen eye and thirst for blood while staying one step ahead of a detective hell bent on bringing you to justice.
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Deadness
Single-player alternative to The Unknown Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Unknown Fear.
Deadness is a VR game of the horror genre that will literally knock you off your feet. Experience real fear and anxiety helplessly confined to a wheelchair in a super-realistic VR environment. Not for the faint of heart! This is no game anymore!
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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to The Unknown Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Unknown Fear.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!