Single-player games like Descending The Woods
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Descending The Woods, 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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Backrooms Society
Single-player alternative to Descending The Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descending The Woods.
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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The Devourer: Hunted Souls
Single-player alternative to Descending The Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descending The Woods.
Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Descending The Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descending The Woods.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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IfSunSets
Single-player alternative to Descending The Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descending The Woods.
「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.
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Darkwood
Single-player alternative to Descending The Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Descending The Woods.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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Whisper of the Swallows
Single-player alternative to Descending The Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descending The Woods.
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
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Hauntsville
Single-player alternative to Descending The Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Descending The Woods.
You're a nameless traveler, stranded in a ghost town in the Cursed West. Use your wits, elbow grease, and the iron on your hip. Build a homestead, work the land, and survive against unspeakable monsters in this unique Western horror survival game - alone or with friends!
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Silver Pines
Single-player alternative to Descending The Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descending The Woods.
Silver Pines is a survival horror metroidvania set in small town America. Fight nightmarish terrors and solve puzzles, while carefully managing your scarce resources as you uncover the mysteries that could hold the key to redemption.
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Descending The Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descending The Woods.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
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Shop Life Simulator
Single-player alternative to Descending The Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Descending The Woods.
A shop life simulator and management, From owning a small room above the store to selling exclusive products as the highest rated shop, or scratch lottery tickets to try your luck at winning big, In a 24/7 shop, Manage alone or with friends.