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Single-player games like The Other Side

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Other Side, 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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    Paranormal Cleanup — Steam game cover

    Paranormal Cleanup

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

    Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rituals of Demons — Steam game cover

    Rituals of Demons

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

    A cooperative multiplayer demon-hunting game where you investigate haunted locations, gather evidence to identify the entity, and perform the correct ritual to banish it—before it hunts you.

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Keep It Running: Together — Steam game cover

    Keep It Running: Together

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

    Keep an old haunted factory running at all costs in this horrifying co-op survive-the-night game. Keep the Boss happy and fend off the monsters that haunt the factory and the town as you race to produce and deliver cursed children's toys.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  4. 4
    Mothman — Steam game cover

    Mothman

    Single-player alternative to The Other Side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with The Other Side.

    A 1-4 player CO-OP horror game, a nightmare from hell, it is your objective to hunt down a sinister demon known as Mothman. Underequipped you must search the landscape for resources. Lay bear traps, stalk from a distance, and stay quiet. You came to hunt, only to be hunted.

    2024ActionSimulation2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Last Cleanup — Steam game cover

    Last Cleanup

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

    Last Cleanup is a 1–4 player co-op horror game where you and your crew take on dangerous cleaning missions in abandoned locations. Some things lurk in the dark, so work together, finish the checklist, and make it out alive.

    2026ActionIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ESCAPE Protocol: Online — Steam game cover

    ESCAPE Protocol: Online

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

    In this co-op horror game, escape an unknown realm where reality is shattered and dimensions collide. Solve puzzles, avoid deadly entities, and uncover the hidden saboteur.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Get Out — Steam game cover

    Get Out

    Single-player alternative to The Other Side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Other Side.

    Get Out is a 1-4 player online co-op psychological horror. Complete tasks and puzzles to banish the entities that have you and your team trapped, and make sure to get out, before they get you.

    2024StrategyIndieEarly Access8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Backrooms Project — Steam game cover

    The Backrooms Project

    Single-player alternative to The Other Side — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Other Side.

    Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?

    2022ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Phasmophobia — Steam game cover

    Phasmophobia

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

    Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Demonologist — Steam game cover

    Demonologist

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

    Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →