Single-player games like Cursed Despair
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cursed Despair, 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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Daemonium
Single-player alternative to Cursed Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursed Despair.
Daemonium is a 1-4 player online co-op psychological horror game. Demonic possessions are running rampant. Grab your equipment, join your team, and locate the source of the demonic presence. Enter the portal to the demon realm and perform an exorcism to banish the demon to hell.
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Fear Therapy
Single-player alternative to Cursed Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Cursed Despair.
Fear Therapy, is a multiplayer(1-4) and single player psychological horror game.Try to complete the quests and leave the horror house before it is too late! Satan getting angrier every second and nothing holding it back.
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Holy Purge : Exorcist
Single-player alternative to Cursed Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursed Despair.
Holy Purge is a co-op horror game where players play as priests who exorcise demons in various scenarios.
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Phasmophobia
Single-player alternative to Cursed Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursed Despair.
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.
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Agonize
Single-player alternative to Cursed Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursed Despair.
Once a mad scientist's lab, now an abandoned manor haunted by miscreations. Work as a 1-4 player team in this online co-op, psychological horror game and discover what lurks within. Find a cure before it's too late...
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The Escape: Together
Single-player alternative to Cursed Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursed Despair.
The Escape: Together is a 1-3 player Online CO-OP escape horror. The paranormal creature has taken over the house. You must use everything you find to survive and make your runaway.
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Unpossess: Exorcism Simulator
Single-player alternative to Cursed Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursed Despair.
Unpossess is a 1-4 co-op exorcism simulator game set in the early 1900s. Players take on the role of exorcists responsible for addressing cases of human possession.
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Demonologist
Single-player alternative to Cursed Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursed Despair.
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.