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Single-player games like INESCAPED

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to INESCAPED, 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 Night Archive - Sable's — Steam game cover

    The Night Archive - Sable's

    Single-player alternative to INESCAPED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INESCAPED.

    One night alone at the campground he loved as a kid. Closed for years, chained at the gate, rotting. A friend arrives at sunrise. Episode 2 of The Night Archive.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nightmare Within — Steam game cover

    Nightmare Within

    Single-player alternative to INESCAPED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INESCAPED.

    Nightmare Within - Immerse yourself in the dark and unsettling atmosphere of psychological horror. Explore shifting locations, uncover fragments of memories, and reveal a story where reality fractures under the weight of guilt.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jurnal Malam : Bestfriend — Steam game cover

    Jurnal Malam : Bestfriend

    Single-player alternative to INESCAPED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INESCAPED.

    In this game, players will play the role of Afdal, a person whose fate is the opposite of Rahmad's, so one night Rahmad asks Afdal to help look after the house, but unfortunately, everything is not fine, because of the terror that Afdal is experiencing.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Backrooms Project — Steam game cover

    The Backrooms Project

    Single-player alternative to INESCAPED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INESCAPED.

    Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?

    2022ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    It Hears You: Together — Steam game cover

    It Hears You: Together

    Single-player alternative to INESCAPED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INESCAPED.

    It Hears You - a co-op horror. Escape the forest as fast as you can. Play with 1 to 6 people. Move quietly and avoid unnecessary sounds so Stag doesn’t hear you. He’s blind, but his hearing is perfect.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    In The Backrooms — Steam game cover

    In The Backrooms

    Single-player alternative to INESCAPED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INESCAPED.

    "God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.."

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    [Chilla's Art] Onryo | 怨霊 — Steam game cover

    [Chilla's Art] Onryo | 怨霊

    Single-player alternative to INESCAPED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INESCAPED.

    Onryo | 怨霊 is a survival action horror game set in Japan. Your mission is to lift the curse of a haunted house using your exorcistic camera. As you explore the house and uncover its secrets, you will face enemies and puzzles.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Visage — Steam game cover

    Visage

    Single-player alternative to INESCAPED — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INESCAPED.

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →