Single-player games like Subterror
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Subterror, 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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Murky Divers
Single-player alternative to Subterror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Subterror.
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.
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Dungeon Done
Single-player alternative to Subterror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Subterror.
Dungeon Done is a PvE co-op horror survival extraction game where players explore dungeons previously cleared by heroes. The objective is for up to six players to team up, gathering hidden treasures and evading lurking dangers to make their daring escape.
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Nuclear Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Subterror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Subterror.
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
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Backrooms Society
Single-player alternative to Subterror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Subterror.
Backrooms Society is a 1-8 player co-op horror game. Make your way through unique levels of the backrooms while trying to survive and avoid mysterious entities. Scavenge each level for gear and resources, bring it back to The Hub where you can sell valuables and buy/craft new gear.
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Blood Typers
Single-player alternative to Subterror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Subterror.
TYPE TO KILL in this survival horror adventure. Alone or with friends, explore a sprawling cursed film studio as its horror movies bleed into reality. Choose from a roster of characters then plan your escape from this bloody homage to old school horror. But remember... death is just a typo away.
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Barotrauma
Single-player alternative to Subterror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Subterror.
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
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Bunker Invaders
Single-player alternative to Subterror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Subterror.
A co-op horror game where you must scavenge for loot and maintain the bunker to keep it standing
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Darkwater
Single-player alternative to Subterror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Subterror.
Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Command a submarine trapped under the ice of an alien planet. Battle enemy vessels and deep sea abominations as you hunt for resources. Do what it takes to survive.
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Alien: Isolation
Single-player alternative to Subterror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Subterror.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
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Lethal Company
Single-player alternative to Subterror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Subterror.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
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R.E.P.O.
Single-player alternative to Subterror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Subterror.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
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Keep It Live
Single-player alternative to Subterror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Subterror.
Keep-it-Live is a small, singleplayer high-score game in which you assume the role of a live stream chat moderator. Your job is to ban any messages that violate the stream’s rules. Will you let the stream get taken down, or are you prepared to Keep it Live?
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Spellshot
Single-player alternative to Subterror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Subterror.
Survive against hordes of zombies using bullets enchanted with spells purchased from a rerolling shop. Spellshot is a fast-paced, rogue-lite fps in which you create unique builds by combining and upgrading spells, activating set bonuses, and collecting rare items.