Single-player games like NineHells
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to NineHells, 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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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to NineHells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NineHells.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Single-player alternative to NineHells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NineHells.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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Below, Rusted Gods
Single-player alternative to NineHells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NineHells.
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to NineHells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NineHells.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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Kholat
Single-player alternative to NineHells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NineHells.
The most terrifying journey of your life set in the beautiful winter scenery of the Ural Mountains. Uncover the horrific mystery behind the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Narrated by the famous Sean Bean.
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Invasion of The Halloween Fiends
Single-player alternative to NineHells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NineHells.
Invasion of The Halloween Fiends is a First-Person Retro horror game that takes place on Halloween Night. Strangers keep visiting you looking for candy. Some of them may not be so friendly. Will you be able to survive Halloween Night?
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The Strange Lights
Single-player alternative to NineHells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NineHells.
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
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The Maid
Single-player alternative to NineHells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with NineHells.
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
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Rage Bait
Single-player alternative to NineHells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with NineHells.
Rage Bait is a narrated meta comedy walking simulator. Gameplay combines physics, player choices, timing, and small actions which lead to wildly different outcomes. Enjoy exploration, branching decisions, light puzzles, and skill checks which are often subverted for comedic effect.
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Magical Ascent
Single-player alternative to NineHells — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
This is a card game mixed with roguelike elements together to make the best single player deck builder possible. You can Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics, curses, and Magical Ascension.
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Your Reputation Precedes You
Single-player alternative to NineHells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with NineHells.
In this incremental game you Gain reputation with 3 different morality factions; Good, neutral, and Evil. Doing quests boosting levels, rewards, and Reputation. The friends you make along the way, help by gaining favor for more quest. More level ups more loot! Pump those Reps for more Reputation.
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Ruminate: The First Oath
Single-player alternative to NineHells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with NineHells.
This is a dark fantasy where the world has been divided and cursed. Your party will go on adventures and have the chance to remove the curses from the kingdoms and unite them! The world depends on you. Will you be their saviour or their downfall?