Single-player games like The Evil Within
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to The Evil Within, 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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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
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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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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Dying Light
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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Zombie Army Trilogy
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.
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Resident Evil 2
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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Resident Evil 5
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
This game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.
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Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
Shadows of the Damned, an action-adventure road trip through hell, has been remastered at last! Get ready for a story about rock, love, and just a little bit of demon slaying.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Alan Wake
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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Prey
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
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Hi-Fi RUSH
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
Test your abilities in two new game modes, uncover new rewards and even a few secrets in the Arcade Challenge! Update! Feel the beat as wannabe rockstar Chai and his ragtag team fight against an evil megacorp in a world that syncs to the music.
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Ghostwire: Tokyo
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Evil Within.
Tokyo's population has vanished, and deadly supernatural forces prowl the streets. Use an arsenal of elemental abilities to unravel the truth behind the disappearance and save Tokyo.
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Ghostwire: Tokyo - Prelude
Single-player alternative to The Evil Within — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Join KK and his gang of supernatural detectives as they investigate a strange disappearance, only to stumble upon something more sinister. Build relationships with your team and piece together their stories.