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Single-player games like Death Motel

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Death Motel, 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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    Slender: The Arrival — Steam game cover

    Slender: The Arrival

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Death Motel.

    Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scanner Sombre — Steam game cover

    Scanner Sombre

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Death Motel.

    Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.

    2017IndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Daylight — Steam game cover

    Daylight

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Death Motel.

    You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Inner Chains — Steam game cover

    Inner Chains

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Death Motel.

    An FPS horror game set in a surreal, dark and deadly biomechanical world never seen before. Humankind is just a small part of a hostile universe. Want to survive? Discover its secrets.

    2017ActionAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Husk — Steam game cover

    Husk

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Death Motel.

    Husk is a purebred FPP horror inspired by the most classical representatives of the genre. Discover Shivercliff - a daunting town where you uncover the ominous and tantalizing plot. Face the worst nightmares, solve mysteries and survive the devouring darkness in order to find your family.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Garten of Banban 7 — Steam game cover

    Garten of Banban 7

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Death Motel.

    Explore the monster-occupied levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the dreads that reside below as you are now completely on your own. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Garten of Banban 6 — Steam game cover

    Garten of Banban 6

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Death Motel.

    Explore the forgotten levels of Banban’s Kindergarten. Survive the new terrors that reside below. Uncover the truth behind the place, and find the whereabouts of your missing child…

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Layers of Fear (2016) — Steam game cover

    Layers of Fear (2016)

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Death Motel.

    A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.

    2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Solarix — Steam game cover

    Solarix

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Solarix is a science-fiction stealth/horror game, set in world that overpowers you with unease, insecurity, and desperation, forcing you to confront your own role in the horrors to come.

    2015ActionIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    De-Void — Steam game cover

    De-Void

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Death Motel.

    De-Void is a first-person adventure game, where the player unravels the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a remote space colony crew.

    2016IndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Post War Dreams — Steam game cover

    Post War Dreams

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    POST-WAR DREAMS is a 2.5D Story-Rich, Side Scrolling Action Game, set in the wasteland of USA, plagued with constant war.

    2019ActionIndie8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Reframed — Steam game cover

    Reframed

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    ReFramed is a badass, old-school FPS horror game set in the Solarix universe. Relive the terrors of Solarix in this high-octane, bullet spraying reimagining, only this time, stealth is not an option...

    2018ActionIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blind Souls — Steam game cover

    Blind Souls

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Death Motel.

    Blind Souls is a first-person adventure game where you can see the world through the eyes of a dead painter.

    2019Adventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Caretaker — Steam game cover

    Caretaker

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Caretaker is a first-person horror experience. You are hungry for truth and maybe this "caretaker" is hungry for something else. Enjoy a ride of psychotic wickedness, through a maze of “criminally insane” mind

    2019Action7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Frightence — Steam game cover

    Frightence

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Death Motel.

    Frightence is a short, intense first-person horror experience.

    2023Adventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Platform Game Maker — Steam game cover

    Platform Game Maker

    Single-player alternative to Death Motel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Platform Game Maker is exciting tool to make your dream Platform Game!

    2023CasualEarly Access4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →