Single-player games like The House
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The House, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like The House page.
Ranked picks
- 1
The Guard
Single-player alternative to The House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The House.
You are on the night shift at the mall. While you were taking your post, your partner went missing. All the time you hear some kind of noise. You need to find out their origin and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms.
- 2
Slender: The Arrival
Single-player alternative to The House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The House.
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
- 3
Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to The House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The House.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
- 4
Husk
Single-player alternative to The House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The House.
Husk is a purebred FPP horror inspired by the most classical representatives of the genre. Discover Shivercliff - a daunting town where you uncover the ominous and tantalizing plot. Face the worst nightmares, solve mysteries and survive the devouring darkness in order to find your family.
- 5
Visage
Single-player alternative to The House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The House.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
- 6
Pyromaniac
Single-player alternative to The House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The House.
Play as Nikolas, a 20-year-old guy who found himself lost in an abandoned city... or so he thought it was at first. Explore the city, defend yourself from monsters, and find answers to what is really going on.
- 7
Betrayer
Single-player alternative to The House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The House.
Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the 17th century.The year is 1604. You sailed from England expecting to join a struggling colony on the coast of Virginia. Instead, you find only ghosts and mysteries. What catastrophe blighted the land and drained it of color and life?
- 8
File Destined
Single-player alternative to The House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The House.
Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.
- 9
Rake
Single-player alternative to The House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The House.
Do ghosts exist? What about Bigfoot, Chupacabras,Rake or Skinwalkers? And how will we ever know? You play as Gordon Davis, a scientist,a traveller and an explorer of unknown creatures and unusual events.
- 10
Lost in a Forest
Single-player alternative to The House — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The House.
This game is a parody of horror games, rather than running and hiding from the monster you are now able to fight back!