Single-player games like The Maze: In Dark
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Maze: In Dark, 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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The Smiling Flesh
Single-player alternative to The Maze: In Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.
The Smiling Flesh is a tense, single-player survival horror where you play as a thief trapped in a decaying gothic mansion. Solve puzzles, explore forgotten halls, and outsmart a twisted entity that learns your movements. Find the treasure, or become the mansion's next victim.
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SANRI
Single-player alternative to The Maze: In Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.
SANRI is a first-person psychological horror game where you play a schizophrenic character whose wife disappeared during camp. Face the delusions, solve the mystery and try to find her despite your constantly distorted perception of time-space.
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Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼-
Single-player alternative to The Maze: In Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.
20 years after the birth of the legendary horror game "AOONI"... A completely new first-person, 3D horror stealth action "Absolute Fear -AOONI-" is now available! Players take on the role of a younger sister searching for her older sister in a mysterious mansion where AOONI roam.
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Bughouse
Single-player alternative to The Maze: In Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.
Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to The Maze: In Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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Hollow Cocoon
Single-player alternative to The Maze: In Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Maze: In Dark.
"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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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to The Maze: In Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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INVITATION To FEAR
Single-player alternative to The Maze: In Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Maze: In Dark.
『INVITATION To FEAR』 is a survival horror game for 1 to 4 players. After receiving one of the invitations, you will wake up in an unfamiliar place. Before long, you will realize that a terrifying creature is wandering around the building. Don't let "her" find you.