Single-player games like Dark Lessons
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dark Lessons, 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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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Dark Lessons — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Lessons.
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 Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Dark Lessons — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Lessons.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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Transient: Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to Dark Lessons — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Lessons.
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
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10:59
Single-player alternative to Dark Lessons — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Lessons.
You wake up with a bad hangover and don’t recognize your home. You see a boy and you understand... that something is wrong with him. Someone's presence causes anxiety, fear and is about to plunge you into the realm of horror. But you don’t lose hope and try to get out of this nightmare.
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The Land of Pain
Single-player alternative to Dark Lessons — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Lessons.
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to Dark Lessons — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Lessons.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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Conarium
Single-player alternative to Dark Lessons — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Lessons.
Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Dark Lessons — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Lessons.
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.