Single-player games like Painted In Blood
Below are 12 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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Flesh Made Fear
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
Tank controls. Fixed cameras. Pure Terror. Set in a haunting world of twisted experiments and occult nightmares, this game brings back the survival horror mechanics you know and love while pushing the genre into terrifying new depths.
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DEAD TRASH
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
Years into a brutal lockdown, a once-thriving city lies in ruins, abandoned by its government and overrun by vicious, mindless infected. Grab your hammer, collect your nerves and enter the mayhem.
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Forgive Me Father
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?
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PAPERHEAD EP.0
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
In this cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... You wake up in a prison cell. A strange voice calls to you from the depths of dark corridors covered in runic symbols and blood. Reload your trusty shotgun and find out... WHY WOULD CARDBOARD... BLEED?
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REVEREND
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
A retro first-person shooter inspired by Blood, Duke Nukem 3D, and Rise of the Triad. REVEREND is a dark, twisted tale with religious undertones, terrifying creature designs and one hell of a personality.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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除邪(CHUXIE)
Single-player alternative to Painted In Blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painted In Blood.
除邪(CHUXIE) is a surreal first person horror shooting game developed using Unreal Engine 5. With the powerful capabilities of Unreal Engine 5, players will experience stunning realistic visual effects, smooth game controls, and intense battles with terrifying monsters.
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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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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.