Single-player games like THE DESCENT
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to THE DESCENT, 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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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to THE DESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with THE DESCENT.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Creepy Shift: House For Sale
Single-player alternative to THE DESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with THE DESCENT.
Handyman needed - ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.
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The Last Case of John Morley
Single-player alternative to THE DESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with THE DESCENT.
Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades.
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Befriended Curse
Single-player alternative to THE DESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with THE DESCENT.
Witches, curses, and fairy tales meet horror in this classic walking sim with an eerie atmosphere and well-paced jumpscares.
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Welcome to Kowloon
Single-player alternative to THE DESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with THE DESCENT.
This is an indie horror from the first person, in which you find yourself in an area called Kowloon in search of cheap housing. The inhabitants of this place only at first glance seem to be ordinary people, but if we dig deeper, we will see their real faces.
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DYSTHANASIA
Single-player alternative to THE DESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with THE DESCENT.
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
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Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway
Single-player alternative to THE DESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with THE DESCENT.
Sydney Harper, a 23-year-old working at a consulting firm plans a weekend getaway to a Woodbury rental with her college friends. Little did she know what was about to unfold during their stay.
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LIMINAL SHIFT
Single-player alternative to THE DESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with THE DESCENT.
Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.
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Holy Purge : Exorcist
Single-player alternative to THE DESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with THE DESCENT.
Holy Purge is a co-op horror game where players play as priests who exorcise demons in various scenarios.
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Sinister Halloween
Single-player alternative to THE DESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with THE DESCENT.
Experience Halloween Horror in PC or VR. You go out with your friends, trick or treating, entering haunted attractions, as you make your way to the big party, but this year's holiday of the afterlife brings something sinister.
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Tomb Explorer VR
Single-player alternative to THE DESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tomb Explorer VR is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure game where you explore ancient ruins, solve intricate puzzles, and embark on a quest for historical treasures, relics, and artifacts.
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THE DESCENT VR
Single-player alternative to THE DESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with THE DESCENT.
The Descent VR is a psychological horror walking sim set in Rockwell Mine. Play as an investigator uncovering dark secrets buried deep underground.
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Haunted Halloween
Single-player alternative to THE DESCENT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with THE DESCENT.
Experience Halloween in this 1-4 player co-op game! Traverse eerie haunted attractions, solve puzzles, evade sinister entities as you try to escape together.