Single-player games like Scotophobia
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Scotophobia, 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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Graveyard Cabin
Single-player alternative to Scotophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scotophobia.
An FMV anomaly horror game. You are a night guard at a desolate graveyard. Monitor the cameras, spot the unnatural, and survive.
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IFU
Single-player alternative to Scotophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scotophobia.
IFU is a psychological horror about a young guy who is forcibly locked in an abandoned mansion of a dead surgeon along with his restless soul.
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The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
Single-player alternative to Scotophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scotophobia.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
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Enigma of Fear
Single-player alternative to Scotophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scotophobia.
Become Mia, a paranormal detective searching for her missing father inside the Perimeter - a place that doesn't exist. Investigate clues like a real detective and unravel the mysteries behind the Enigma of Fear, defeating the terrible monsters who'll try to stop you.
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Back:Fade
Single-player alternative to Scotophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scotophobia.
《Back:Fade》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy !!!! The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.
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Y. Village - The Visitors
Single-player alternative to Scotophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scotophobia.
Batu, tormented by nightmares, is lured to a nameless village via cryptic letters. Investigating the village's secrets with just one friend, he wakes one night to discover his ally gone. He must now locate his friend and elude the village's dark mysteries.
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I'm on Observation Duty 7
Single-player alternative to Scotophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Scotophobia.
As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?
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Causality
Single-player alternative to Scotophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scotophobia.
Causality is a survival horror game. You must rescue 3 students trapped in a school full of mysterious psychic phenomena, and uncover the secrets behind therein. The real story behind the school, and the causal relationship of the events, is all in your hands.
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Polygon of Reality
Single-player alternative to Scotophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scotophobia.
"Polygon of Reality" is a horror game in which you will have to unravel the mysteries of other dimensions and a research complex. Descend into the complex buried in the ground, uncover the mysteries of what happened, meet with forgotten fears and unknown creatures.