Single-player games like Department of Collections
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Department of Collections, 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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Iron Courier
Single-player alternative to Department of Collections — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Early Access with Department of Collections.
Operate a tank across a desolate, post-apocalyptic haunted wasteland. Take delivery contracts, search procedural bunkers for cargo, and haul it — while being hunted above and below ground. You can't fight them. You can only outrun them. 1–2 player co-op survival horror.
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Granny Remake: 2
Single-player alternative to Department of Collections — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Department of Collections.
Survive a terrifying farm in this co-op multiplayer horror! Hide in cornfields, solve procedural puzzles, and escape before the nightmarish Grandparents find you. Or, play as the killers and hunt your friends down in asymmetrical PvP madness. No two escapes are ever the same.
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Blood Moon Horror
Single-player alternative to Department of Collections — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Department of Collections.
Blood Moon Horror is a 1-8 player co-op survival horror game. No weapons—survive through stealth, strategy, and cooperation. Use proximity voice chat to coordinate, evade predators that hunt by sound and movement, solve puzzles to restore power, and escape before life support fails.
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Echoes Afterfall
Single-player alternative to Department of Collections — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Department of Collections.
Team up in a chilling co-op experience, delving into procedurally generated backroom style buildings. Survive together or succumb into the Echoes.
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S.I.F: The Missing Rescue
Single-player alternative to Department of Collections — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Department of Collections.
S.I.F: The Missing Rescue is a 1-4 player co-op horror game set deep within a U.S. National Park. Someone is missing. Your team is going in. Navigate a labyrinth of trees while something watches your every move. But the missing person is still out there. Step into the danger. Because that's the job.
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Murky Divers
Single-player alternative to Department of Collections — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Department of Collections.
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.
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Pacify
Single-player alternative to Department of Collections — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Department of Collections.
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
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Backrooms Society
Single-player alternative to Department of Collections — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Department of Collections.
Backrooms Society is a 1-8 player co-op horror game. Make your way through unique levels of the backrooms while trying to survive and avoid mysterious entities. Scavenge each level for gear and resources, bring it back to The Hub where you can sell valuables and buy/craft new gear.