Single-player games like Painted In Blood
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Painted In Blood, 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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Mournight
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
A terrifying 1–4 player co-op horror game set in a cursed mansion. Use flashlights, find clues, and survive the horrors within. Every decision matters. Can you escape before the curse claims you?
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Dino Trauma
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Painted In Blood.
Dino Trauma introduces you to a secret laboratory somewhere in eastern Europe where gore and dinosaurs aren't unusual things. Retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
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KINGDOM of the DEAD
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
Immerse yourself in a dreadful hand-drawn horror world and push Death’s armies back to the underworld!
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Trepang2
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
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CULTIC
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
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Stygian: Outer Gods
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Painted In Blood.
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?
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Gravelord
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Painted In Blood.
Gravelord is a fast-paced boomer shooter voiced by a badass protagonist featuring hand-crafted levels filled with secrets and hordes of enemies to kill. Dish out some brutal carnage with powerful guns and collect Tarot Cards to gain even more killing power. Let's put the fun back in funeral!
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Prodeus
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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Painkiller
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
The classic Painkiller series is back! Battle through Purgatory in fast-paced co-op action, wielding infernal weapons against relentless demonic hordes. Condemned for your sins, the Voice of the Creator offers you a chance at redemption. Will you seize it or be lost to darkness?
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Alan Wake
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
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DOOM 3
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.