Single-player games like Bad Santa
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Bad Santa, 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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Lightout 2
Single-player alternative to Bad Santa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Santa.
Lightout 2 is a psychological horror game with a scary atmosphere, the game takes place in an Abandoned hospital.
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Pollen
Single-player alternative to Bad Santa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Santa.
Pollen is a hardcore escape-the-maze game where every move counts. Find keys, unlock doors, and outsmart relentless guardians hunting you down. Strategically place your Respawn Totem save your position in the level., but one misstep can send you back to the start.
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The Jurassic Labyrinth
Single-player alternative to Bad Santa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Bad Santa.
A psychological horror puzzle game set in a living labyrinth that adapts to your choices. Solve shifting mechanisms, navigate ever-changing corridors, and evade a relentless presence that learns your behavior as you try to escape.
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Christmas Story
Single-player alternative to Bad Santa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Bad Santa.
Christmas Story is a horror game filled with Christmas warmth and coziness, where every festive light hides darkness, and the sense of comfort fades with every step you take.
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Hatch
Single-player alternative to Bad Santa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Santa.
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
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Clink
Single-player alternative to Bad Santa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Santa.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
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Barbotine
Single-player alternative to Bad Santa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Santa.
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
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Night Grove
Single-player alternative to Bad Santa — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Bad Santa.
This is a first-person indie horror game. A young deliveryman took an unusual order that led him to Night Grove. This place has a dubious reputation among the townspeople, because for many years it has been sent to live with people that society has long since abandoned.