Single-player games like Red October
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Red October, 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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Forever In The Backrooms
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red October.
Explore and survive levels based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level offers various escape routes but also introduces perilous obstacles. Players can immerse themselves in the seemingly boundless and unsettling levels of the backrooms, experiencing the game's eerie and intricate mazes.
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Into The Backrooms
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red October.
Explore and survive levels based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level offers various escape routes but also introduces perilous obstacles. Players can immerse themselves in the seemingly boundless and unsettling levels of the backrooms, experiencing the game's eerie and intricate mazes.
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Backrooms Abyss
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red October.
Explore and survive levels based on the popular creepypasta lore. Each level offers various escape routes but also introduces perilous obstacles. Players can immerse themselves in the seemingly boundless and unsettling levels of the backrooms, experiencing the game's eerie and intricate mazes.
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Overtime Anomaly
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red October.
You're working overtime again in your dead-end job, whilst your boss is on vacation. However, strange things are happening throughout the office. Complete your daily work tasks, explore your office, report any anomalies you may find, and you may just find yourself getting a promotion...
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The Adventures of LinShanHai - Chapter2:Bus Bombing
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red October.
The bus to the suburbs suddenly exploded, the scene was a mess, the sales staff, including all 10 people on board died. Lin Shanhai led the scene investigation team to conduct a detailed investigation and visited all the families and friends of the deceased, but the case is still no clue.
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Final Age
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red October.
FINAL AGE is a first person single player psychological horror game . The player takes on the role of a curious investigator who is drawn to a cottage which was previously owned by an army man Samuel, who mysteriously disappeared during a war. Contains tricky puzzles. Needs good observation skills.
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The Backrooms: Escape
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red October.
The Backrooms: Escape is an experience in the liminal world of backrooms. Move freely, explore the secrets of the corporation, but remember - you are not alone.
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Backrooms: The Labyrinth
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red October.
Explore non-linear paths and evade lurking monsters as you uncover the mysteries of this eerie maze. Beware of the sinister entities that inhabit the shadows, ready to drag you deeper into the unknown.
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Trans-Siberian Legends
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red October.
A first-person adventure game with a storyline. You are about to travel on a passenger train along the Trans-Siberian Railway. You can walk around cities, ride a train and watch nature change, talk to passengers and much more.
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Russian Train Trip
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Red October.
Traveling on passenger trains in Russia. First-person exploration.
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Train Travel Simulator
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Red October.
Simulator of travel in the carriage of a passenger train across Russia.
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Pleim
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red October.
An open world adventure game. You can move around the city, talk to residents, and investigate cases. The game has an interesting plot that will not leave anyone indifferent.
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Chinese Train Trip
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red October.
First-person exploration. Genre: adventure. Train travel simulator in China. You will find a free world, buying and selling items, riding a train and much more.
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Russian Train Trip 2
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Red October.
Journey on a passenger train in Russia. You play as a first-person character, you have to travel by train for 7 days to Vladivostok. Look out the window, listen to the radio, and move around the carriage.
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Russian Train Trip 3
Single-player alternative to Red October — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Red October.
A first-person adventure game with a deep plot. You have to get from Tyumen to Novosibirsk on a passenger train. You can look out the window and watch the changing nature, weather and architecture. You can see forests, fields, mountains, cities and villages.