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Single-player games like PANICORE

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to PANICORE, 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 Outlast Trials — Steam game cover

    The Outlast Trials

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

    Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    There Won't be Light — Steam game cover

    There Won't be Light

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

    Escape the terror lurking in the darkness in this immersive co-op experience. Solve challenges and work as a team using your main tool: your voice. Beware of lurking monsters, which might be closer than you expect.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Radio Decay — Steam game cover

    Radio Decay

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

    A 1-6 player co-op survival horror set in a supernatural nuclear apocalypse. Drop-pod into an abandoned city to extract radioactive artifacts while being hunted by giant bug-like monsters. Rebuild your decaying body with prosthetic limbs, arm yourself, and radio your friends for help.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    KLETKA — Steam game cover

    KLETKA

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

    KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Escape From Monster — Steam game cover

    Escape From Monster

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

    You woke up in a dusty room, in an unknown place, with no memory of how you got here. Your pockets are empty, and there is something outside the door producing frightening sounds.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Burglin' Gnomes — Steam game cover

    Burglin' Gnomes

    Single-player alternative to PANICORE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with PANICORE.

    An online Co-op game about breaking into houses and causing havoc as a tiny gnome. Avoid danger, repurpose stolen household items, and complete tasks to meet the High-Gnome’s demands. Craft equipment and upgrade your home to make your missions easier and more successful.

    2026ActionAdventure8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deathground — Steam game cover

    Deathground

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

    A 1-4 player co-op horror game that throws you into a desperate fight for survival against deadly dinosaurs. Run, hide and work together to complete missions and uncover the secrets buried within the abandoned AEON research facility. Can you and your friends make it out alive?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CRYO — Steam game cover

    CRYO

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

    CRYO is a multiplayer co-op survival horror for 1-4 players. You have been deployed by your company to various locations around the Antarctic due to communication issues. What awaits you in these dark, remote regions is far more sinister than a technical fault...

    2025ActionIndieEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Backrooms — Steam game cover

    The Backrooms

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

    You find yourself in a strange world with no idea how you got there. As you explore more, the world gets increasingly convoluted and unstable. You are now in... The Backrooms.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Devourer: Hunted Souls — Steam game cover

    The Devourer: Hunted Souls

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

    Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →