Single-player games like Unknown Tapes
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Unknown Tapes, 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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Rip Current
Single-player alternative to Unknown Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Unknown Tapes.
Rip Current is a horror game set in a cryptic research facility where genetic experiments, in a bid to strengthen aquatic ecosystems, have spiraled out of control. Navigate flooded corridors, uncover the fate of the scientists, and survive the prehistoric apex predators stalking the depths.
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Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout
Single-player alternative to Unknown Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Tapes.
Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.
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Hollow Cocoon
Single-player alternative to Unknown Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Tapes.
"Trapped in a cocoon, the silkworm weaves her final dream." Hollow Cocoon is a first-person horror adventure game set in 1980s Japan. Immerse yourself in meticulously recreated environments as you venture into the depths of unspeakable horrors that await you.
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Oakwood
Single-player alternative to Unknown Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Unknown Tapes.
Welcome to Oakwood, a long abandoned campground nestled in the forests of British Columbia. Explore the woods, caves, and a dilapidated lodge in search of your friends, while surviving the prehistoric horrors that now haunt the grounds.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Unknown Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Tapes.
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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The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
Single-player alternative to Unknown Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Unknown Tapes.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
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Tales Beyond The Tomb - Route 86
Single-player alternative to Unknown Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Unknown Tapes.
A psychological horror anthology inspired by real-life cases. In Route 86, a group of friends ends up in a remote nightmare. Explore, hide, and survive in this first-person experience with multiple playable characters and rising tension.
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Liminal City
Single-player alternative to Unknown Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unknown Tapes.
Liminal City is a psychological horror and exploration game based on found footage, set in Backrooms Level 11. Walk through the streets of Level 11, filled with soulless buildings, dynamically moving to different levels and searching for a way out. Once you fall in here will you be able to get out?
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Unknown Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Unknown Tapes.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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Scroter
Single-player alternative to Unknown Tapes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Unknown Tapes.
Fight to claim the crown in a fast-paced physics-based local PVP fighting game. Collect power-ups, unleash explosive chaos on your opponents, and navigate 60 unique levels filled with deadly lasers and surprises. With fast reflexes, emerge victorious as bouncing balls!