Single-player games like Gates of Despair
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Gates of 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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HOW
Single-player alternative to Gates of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Gates of Despair.
A psychological horror game where you play as a prisoner exploring the depths of a large and horrific medical facility. You must survive the many creatures and abominations inside and find all the secrets hidden within the strange new labyrinth.
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What Happens After Midnight?
Single-player alternative to Gates of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Gates of Despair.
An action-survival horror FPS where you are sent to investigate the small town of Nightvale and quickly find out an interdimensional force is invading our world. Hop between worlds, meet strange characters and survive cosmic horrors once you find out… What Happens After Midnight?
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Fading Visage
Single-player alternative to Gates of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gates of Despair.
Where am I? This place frightens me. How can I get out of here? I've lost my way in a thick fog. Wherever I go, I keep coming back here, again and again, as if I have to finish something. I can dimly remember that I've been here already...
- 4
The Chant
Single-player alternative to Gates of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Gates of Despair.
A single-player, third person horror action-adventure game set on a remote spiritual island retreat. To survive you must craft, fight, and escape the psychedelic horrors set loose when a spiritual ritual goes wrong and awakens a dimension of cosmic terror.
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AsHes
Single-player alternative to Gates of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Gates of Despair.
This horror game inspired by Chinese folklore offers an enthralling journey through the depths of the Underworld. As you delve deeper, you'll unravel hidden secrets veiled in the darkness.
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Massacre At The Mirage
Single-player alternative to Gates of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Gates of Despair.
For less than the price of a movie ticket, experience your very own horror-fueled slasher flick in Massacre at the Mirage. Step into The Mirage cinema and face a chilling nightmare, where staff and patrons must survive a masked killer's rampage.
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Apartment No 129
Single-player alternative to Gates of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Gates of Despair.
Emir, who has an interest in mysterious events, steps alone into the abandoned apartment known as "Apartment No 129" to trace the trail of a paranormal event that occurred in 2009 and shook the country. However, he will find himself in an unexpected confrontation within this horror apartment.
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DYSTHANASIA
Single-player alternative to Gates of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Gates of Despair.
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.