Single-player games like Nightmare House
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Nightmare House, 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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Dendrophobia
Single-player alternative to Nightmare House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare House.
A twisted pixel-art horror thriller about death, ancient gods, and a persistent waiter. Explore The Willow’s Embrace hotel, solve puzzles, and gather paranormal evidence. Challenge the madness to find a way out and avoid becoming part of an eternal nightmare.
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COMING HOME
Single-player alternative to Nightmare House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare House.
A retro slasher horror game, with a focus on home defense. In the dead of night, you hear someone lurking outside - but you are not defenseless. Watch the cameras, barricade your doors, and have your gun at the ready - anything to keep the Sundown Rippers from claiming their next victim.
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THE KING IN THE SHADES
Single-player alternative to Nightmare House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare House.
A classic survival-horror experience set in a fictional universe where the invisible hand of unspeakable horrors is turning humanity into a fleeting memory. Enter the world of THE KING IN THE SHADES and rid this decaying world of the curse of Gods.
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CALL OF CUTIE
Single-player alternative to Nightmare House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare House.
CALL OF CUTIE is a single-player horror adventure set inside a vast, terrifying laboratory. Explore dark corridors, solve puzzles, fight frightening enemies, and rescue the victims trapped inside. Choose your own path with Bubbles and find a way to escape.
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Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Single-player alternative to Nightmare House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nightmare House.
Command Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie cop who stumbles onto the carnage reporting for his first duty, or play as Claire Redfield, desperately searching for her missing brother. Cutting edge 3-D accelerated graphics that create a terrifying, photo-realistic experience.
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Single-player alternative to Nightmare House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nightmare House.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
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Play With Me: Escape Room
Single-player alternative to Nightmare House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare House.
See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?
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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to Nightmare House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nightmare House.
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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In Sound Mind
Single-player alternative to Nightmare House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare House.
In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.
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Nightmare House: The Original Mod
Single-player alternative to Nightmare House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare House.
Wake up, it’s time for the real nightmare to begin. Make your way through a terrorizing house, uncover the secrets of a haunted hospital, fight through hordes of the undead, and try to escape Nightmare House.
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Days Without Incident
Single-player alternative to Nightmare House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare House.
It has been -̷̯͙̔̈́-̴̱̽̓͝-̷̍̊̕͠ days without incident. Your investigation has brought you to an old metalworks factory, abandoned after a series of mysterious deaths. But something’s been growing in the quiet. A short first-person survival horror experience.