Single-player games like Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder, 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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Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage
Single-player alternative to Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder.
In "The Dark Lineage" you re-take the role of police detective Howard Loreid, a man tormented by the paranormal happenings around him. Howard discovers that his own terrible past has some connection to the madness that is about to swallow him, yet again.
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Transient: Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder.
H.P. Lovecraft meets Cyberpunk. Delve deep into a dystopian world and investigate what is happening to you and your friends in a domed city. Solve puzzles, hack systems and plug in to explore other dimensions. Discover a truth that might tear apart your sanity and question your very existence.
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ASYLUM
Single-player alternative to Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder.
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
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Call of Cthulhu®
Single-player alternative to Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder.
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
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Saint Kotar
Single-player alternative to Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder.
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
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The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
Single-player alternative to Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder.
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
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The Whisperer
Single-player alternative to Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder.
Investigate an abandoned trading post, explore its surroundings and solve the terrible mystery it holds. The Whisperer is a short story-driven point & click game set in Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century.
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The Room Three
Single-player alternative to Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder.
Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a series of trials devised by a mysterious figure known only as “The Craftsman”. Do you have what it takes to escape?
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Myst
Single-player alternative to Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
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Conarium
Single-player alternative to Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder.
Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.
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Lunacy: Saint Rhodes
Single-player alternative to Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder.
Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person psychological horror adventure game. Explore your dark family history, solve puzzles and experience a gut-wrenching feeling of terror. You are being watched; never alone, never safe.
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Veil of Madness
Single-player alternative to Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkness Within 1: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder.
In Veil of Madness, the mind is the battlefield and your deck is your only weapon. Plunged into a first-person nightmare, you'll battle horrors without and madness within through strategic card combat and harrowing psychological mystery.