Single-player games like Down the shaft
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Down the shaft, 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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Six Seals
Single-player alternative to Down the shaft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Down the shaft.
Trapped in a short endless hall of a pharaonic tomb. Watch every change, then choose to step forward or turn back. Each decision shapes six cursed seals: edge closer to freedom or lose them all in a suffocating psychological horror.
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The Strange Lights
Single-player alternative to Down the shaft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Down the shaft.
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
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Whispering Fog
Single-player alternative to Down the shaft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Down the shaft.
Whispering Fog is a first person psychological horror game set in an ever-changing forest shrouded in fog. A quiet getaway becomes a sinister nightmare as the illusion of safety and solitude slowly crumbles around you.
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VORA
Single-player alternative to Down the shaft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Down the shaft.
Seeking shelter from the bitter cold after a car accident, you take refuge in an old cave. What seemed like salvation quickly turns into a nightmare.
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MIRROR MIRROR
Single-player alternative to Down the shaft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Down the shaft.
MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.
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Anurak
Single-player alternative to Down the shaft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Down the shaft.
Psychological first-person horror about an investigative journalist exploring hidden caves beneath Machu Picchu. Document your findings, and uncover what lies beneath.
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Still With Me
Single-player alternative to Down the shaft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Down the shaft.
A psychological horror experience about returning to a place that never forgot you.
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Feed the Boss
Single-player alternative to Down the shaft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Down the shaft.
Feed the Boss is a first-person psychological horror game where a simple job serving meals to your boss slowly turns into a trap.
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Lonely shift
Single-player alternative to Down the shaft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Down the shaft.
Experience the autophobia of our protagonist Emilia as she tries to find her place in the job culture. The Mesón La Última Parada, in the middle of nowhere, is it the idyllic scene promised by the regional television commercial? What would it be like to work the night shift in a place like that?