Single-player games like The Krampus
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Krampus, 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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Blue Ridge Hunting
Single-player alternative to The Krampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Krampus.
Blue Ridge Hunting is a co-op horror game set in the Appalachian Mountains. Solo or with friends, investigate, document, and hunt cryptids based on real sightings, legends, and eerie phenomena from the region. Are you brave enough to uncover the truth?
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Ghosts in the City
Single-player alternative to The Krampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Krampus.
A co-op open-world survival hunt set in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo. Explore the city solo or with up to 4 players, track wild animals, fight military forces, survive against deadly creatures, and uncover the truth behind Tokyo’s collapse.
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Escape From Monster
Single-player alternative to The Krampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Krampus.
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.
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Blood Typers
Single-player alternative to The Krampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Krampus.
TYPE TO KILL in this survival horror adventure. Alone or with friends, explore a sprawling cursed film studio as its horror movies bleed into reality. Choose from a roster of characters then plan your escape from this bloody homage to old school horror. But remember... death is just a typo away.
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Backrooms: Extractions
Single-player alternative to The Krampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Krampus.
Cooperate with up to 6 players to explore, search, and extract lost agents within the Backrooms. Solve puzzles, unlock tools, survive against entities, and progress through increasingly dangerous levels.
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HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
Single-player alternative to The Krampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Krampus.
Hypercharge is a first and third-person shooter action figure game you've always dreamed of! Grab your friends, complete objectives, defend the Hypercore against waves of weaponized toys, and defeat Major Evil together in the story campaign!
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The Devourer: Hunted Souls
Single-player alternative to The Krampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Krampus.
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?
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Last Whisper
Single-player alternative to The Krampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Krampus.
Last Whisper Survival is a cooperative zombie survival game where exploration of the open world is key. As you venture further, you'll need to upgrade your gear and level up your character and skill tree to handle the increasing challenges as you move through the world.
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Endless Suburbia
Single-player alternative to The Krampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Krampus.
A hyper-realistic horror driving game set in a suburban environment. Drive through six different atmospheric experiences where an alien invasion, spider infestation, murderous mime, and other frightful events will happen.
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Arachnoid
Single-player alternative to The Krampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Krampus.
Arachnoid is a first person horror game about moving into a house and finding a giant spider infestation. Fix your house, walk to surrounding points of interest, and defend yourself with shotgun after finding it. In an immersive VHS style Arachnoid will pull you into this horrifying mystery.
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Rotfang: The House
Single-player alternative to The Krampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Krampus.
A short horror game where you play as the family dog. Everyone is gone from the house and the town. Set in a suburban house and small town, explore each room, complete tasks, and find the dark secrets hidden under the house.