Single-player games like Inner Darkness
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Inner Darkness, 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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Most Quietly
Single-player alternative to Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Darkness.
The game, that supposed to be an ordinary, but developer accidentally made a fatal error, that completely brokes the game, and transforms it into a horror-game. Now, your goal is to somehow, fix the fatal error.
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Mine of my Mind
Single-player alternative to Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Darkness.
This is a horror where you play as a miner experiencing a midlife crisis. The final shift before a long-awaited promotion goes wrong: reality begins to warp, turning a workday into a nightmare. Will he be able to escape the depths of his own mind?
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Ghost Frequency
Single-player alternative to Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inner Darkness.
In Ghost Frequency, you are a ghost hunter from PIT - Paranormal Investigation Team. Your mission is to locate a sinister spirit using the EMF Ghost Detector to track paranormal activity, the IR Thermal Camera to reveal hidden entities, and the EVP Digital Recorder to capture eerie voices.
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HOW
Single-player alternative to Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Darkness.
A psychological horror game where you play as a prisoner exploring the depths of a large and horrific medical facility. You must survive the many creatures and abominations inside and find all the secrets hidden within the strange new labyrinth.
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True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3
Single-player alternative to Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Inner Darkness.
True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 3 is the final chapter of the psychological thriller trilogy. With point-and-click mechanics, intricate puzzles, and cinematic cutscenes, immerse yourself in a dark horror experience that redefines the genre.
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Barbotine
Single-player alternative to Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Darkness.
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
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REVEIL
Single-player alternative to Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Darkness.
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
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The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2
Single-player alternative to Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Darkness.
The Dream Machine is an award-winning point & click adventure game about exploring other people's dreams. It's built by hand using materials such as clay, cardboard and broccoli.
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Project Liminal Redux
Single-player alternative to Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Inner Darkness.
Project Liminal Redux is a first-person horror made in realistic 3D graphics. The gameplay consists of collecting notes, solving riddles and escaping from various entities. The main goal is to survive and escape.