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Single-player games like The Down Below

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Down Below, 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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    Project Vic — Steam game cover

    Project Vic

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

    As a freelance journalist, you receive a tip-off from a policeman friend about a death. You immediately make your way to the scene to get a first-hand impression of the case. But shortly after you arrive, you realize that things are not quite right here...

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CAGE-FACE | Case 2: The Sewer — Steam game cover

    CAGE-FACE | Case 2: The Sewer

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

    Find your way out of the sewers while fighting off an unstoppable monster and slowly succumbing to a mysterious illness.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  3. 3
    Bunker 21 Extended Edition — Steam game cover

    Bunker 21 Extended Edition

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

    "Bunker 21" is a story-driven first-person action game in a post-apocalyptic world. You are the last survivor. Explore the secrets of Bunker 21. Fight against monsters. Find answers in a devastated world.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  4. 4
    Moved mind — Steam game cover

    Moved mind

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

    Moved mind is a first person narrative psychological horror game, where you will be the subject of a psychological experiment where you will have to face your fears and differentiate reality from the symptoms of your illness.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    iBLiS — Steam game cover

    iBLiS

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

    Demon is a first-person psychological horror game. How much can a game affect your real life? Enjoy a realistic home environment and terrifying moments of being immersed in a real-life story.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NULL FACTORY Survival Horror — Steam game cover

    NULL FACTORY Survival Horror

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

    NULL FACTORY, terk edilmiş bir endüstriyel tesis hayatta kalmanız gereken birinci şahıs bir korku oyunudur. Notlar aracılığıyla fabrikanın karanlık sırlarını açığa çıkarın, zorlu bulmacaları çözün ve sizi avlayan varlıktan saklanın. Gerilim dolu bu tesisten sağ olarak çıkmayı başarabilecek misiniz?

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anyone There? — Steam game cover

    Anyone There?

    Single-player alternative to The Down Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Down Below.

    "Anyone there ?" is a first-person horror game. You are investigating a school where a Creature has been released. Scan the clues and find out his identity before he finds you.

    2023Action0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project Vic 2 — Steam game cover

    Project Vic 2

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

    Despite all the warnings, you are not afraid to enter the old Hastings Mansion. You put up with supernatural encounters to explore another of your beloved lost places. Once there, you discover things you never thought possible.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →