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Single-player games like The Transference

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Transference, 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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    Chamber's Reunion — Steam game cover

    Chamber's Reunion

    Single-player alternative to The Transference — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Transference.

    Following a message from an old friend, you visit abandoned estate. Suddenly, you're knocked out. As you wake up, your only job is to escape as quickly as possible..

    2022ActionFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Loop of Death — Steam game cover

    Loop of Death

    Single-player alternative to The Transference — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Transference.

    Explore a mysterious hospital in this first-person psychological survival horror game. Solve challenging puzzles, uncover hidden secrets, manage limited resources, and survive a relentless presence that never stops hunting you.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Backrooms: Impending Doom — Steam game cover

    Backrooms: Impending Doom

    Single-player alternative to The Transference — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Transference.

    The research team is gone. You're next. A first-person psychological horror in the Backrooms - explore ruined levels, keep your Synchronization steady, and uncover what destroyed your research team. Free demo: the Prologue.

    2026IndieAdventureEarly AccessSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    INROOMS — Steam game cover

    INROOMS

    Single-player alternative to The Transference — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Transference.

    A cooperative psychological horror experience up to four players where you and your friends must survive the deepest, most distorted liminal spaces of the Inrooms, the deepest levels of the Backrooms.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Backrooms Multi-Verses — Steam game cover

    Backrooms Multi-Verses

    Single-player alternative to The Transference — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Transference.

    Survival horror with realistic graphics based on Unreal Engine 5. Ten highly detailed levels: liminal world, puzzles and creatures. New levels and content regularly. Experience unbearable horror and find a way to escape from...

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Final Footage — Steam game cover

    Final Footage

    Single-player alternative to The Transference — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Transference.

    Find what doesn't belong. Capture the evidence. Survive what finds you. Final Footage is a psychological horror game where you investigate anomalies, hide from the Knocker, upgrade your equipment, and unlock increasingly dangerous locations.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — Steam game cover

    Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition

    Single-player alternative to The Transference — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Transference.

    Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.

    2009ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Get Out ! A "Very Bad Dreams" Story — Steam game cover

    Get Out ! A "Very Bad Dreams" Story

    Single-player alternative to The Transference — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Transference.

    LET'S BE HONEST. You're in deep shit. Straitjacket locked tight. Hood over your head. And the atmosphere? Definitely not a dream vacation. But hey… it happened. You did what you did. And now you're here...

    2026ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →