Single-player games like The Ruins
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Ruins, 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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Among Ashes
Single-player alternative to The Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Ruins.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to The Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Ruins.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to The Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Ruins.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
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File Destined
Single-player alternative to The Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Ruins.
Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to The Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Ruins.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to The Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Ruins.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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The Maid
Single-player alternative to The Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Ruins.
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
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Malum
Single-player alternative to The Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Ruins.
Malum is the premier C-list horror game. Run from a motely collection of bizarre demons then summon in some guns to turn the tables on them. Best enjoyed with friends.