Single-player games like Dark Days
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Dark Days, 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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Martha Is Dead
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Days.
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
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Detention
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Days.
Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.
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Dead of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Days.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
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Oxenfree
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Days.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
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Observation
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Days.
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Days.
What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.
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Luto
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Days.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
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Alan Wake
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dark Days.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
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Under The Waves
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Days.
Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
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EQQO
Single-player alternative to Dark Days — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Days.
Inspired by ancient Ethiopian legends, Eqqo is a poetic narrative puzzle game, an initiatory adventure, and a love song to nature.