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Single-player games like Dr. Gloom’s Lab™

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dr. Gloom’s Lab™, 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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    Call from the darkness — Steam game cover

    Call from the darkness

    Single-player alternative to Dr. Gloom’s Lab™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Enter this first-person shooter with dark and realistic scenarios, use your shooting skills to kill all the enemies and survive. Explore the scenario and collect all the resources you can because you will need them to get out alive.

    2025Action9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nulla Via — Steam game cover

    Nulla Via

    Single-player alternative to Dr. Gloom’s Lab™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dr. Gloom’s Lab™.

    NULLA VIA is a WW2 psychological horror set in a preserved, abandoned war town. Explore silent ruins, bunkers, and mass graves where life was erased. Shadows cannot be killed by bullets alone. Use your camera, your weapons, and your sanity to survive. This town was never rebuilt for a reason.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Lifeline — Steam game cover

    The Lifeline

    Single-player alternative to Dr. Gloom’s Lab™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dr. Gloom’s Lab™.

    To escape this terrifying hospital, you must leave your fears behind. Can you do it? Explore, face zombies, use weapons, avoid traps, and react fast to survive.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DEADFALL — Steam game cover

    DEADFALL

    Single-player alternative to Dr. Gloom’s Lab™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Fight alone or with friends in a brutal horror wave-survival experience. Survive against endless waves of terrifying infected in this high-difficulty horror shooter. Play solo or with friends, unlock devastating weapons, discover secrets, and see how long you can endure the nightmare.

    ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Evil Beneath — Steam game cover

    Evil Beneath

    Single-player alternative to Dr. Gloom’s Lab™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dr. Gloom’s Lab™.

    In this retro PS1/PSX style game. Play as a investigator stranded in a zombie and monster filled mansion and forest. You will encounter horrifying creatures ready to devour you alive. All while trying to make your escape and discover the terrifying truths before it's to late. Will you survive?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The LastOnesLeft — Steam game cover

    The LastOnesLeft

    Single-player alternative to Dr. Gloom’s Lab™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dr. Gloom’s Lab™.

    "The LastOnesLeft" is a first-person survival horror game where the player finds themselves in an abandoned village overrun by zombies. Uncover the truth about what happened by finding mysterious letters from an unknown source.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DzombZ — Steam game cover

    DzombZ

    Single-player alternative to Dr. Gloom’s Lab™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dr. Gloom’s Lab™.

    Survive or die ! Experience survival horror full of puzzles while escaping between the streets of Algeria after zombies invasion . Suffer to protect your life in situations never attempt them before with first person perspective and powerful actions that make it more realistic then ever

    2023ActionIndieEarly Access12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Panic House Awakening — Steam game cover

    Panic House Awakening

    Single-player alternative to Dr. Gloom’s Lab™ — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    You wake in an open cell with no memory - only power. Escape the prison and the hospital above it: crack codes, solve the facility's puzzles, arm yourself and cut down anyone in your way. But the logs left behind reveal the truth - you're not the prisoner. You're what they were caging.

    ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →