Single-player games like Ten Bells
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Ten Bells, 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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Effigy : The Descent
Single-player alternative to Ten Bells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ten Bells.
Effigy : The Descent is a first-person survival-horror game in which you will face statues, with your lantern as your only tool to stop them. Gather all artefacts from the cave and freedom will be yours !
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Platform 8
Single-player alternative to Ten Bells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ten Bells.
You are trapped on a train that runs forever. Keep an eye out for anomalies and find a way out.
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No Visitors Allowed
Single-player alternative to Ten Bells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ten Bells.
A minimalist psychological horror game inspired by The Exit 8, where players must escape a looping post-Soviet-era abandoned hospital corridor by detecting anomalies.
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Cauldron Inn
Single-player alternative to Ten Bells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ten Bells.
Trying to save yourselfe from something unknown but clearly malevolent, you hide in a mysterious inn. However, your temporary refuge turns out to be a trap, and now you must find a way to escape.
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Scary Shadow Spot - Last Farewell
Single-player alternative to Ten Bells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ten Bells.
Scary Shadow Spot: Last Farewell - Haunted by his past, Mark explores a haunted house where nothing is as it seems. Chilling puzzles and shocking truths await. Are you ready to uncover the mystery hidden in the shadows?
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[Chilla's Art] Onryo | 怨霊
Single-player alternative to Ten Bells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ten Bells.
Onryo | 怨霊 is a survival action horror game set in Japan. Your mission is to lift the curse of a haunted house using your exorcistic camera. As you explore the house and uncover its secrets, you will face enemies and puzzles.
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Hatch
Single-player alternative to Ten Bells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ten Bells.
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to Ten Bells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ten Bells.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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Spectator
Single-player alternative to Ten Bells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ten Bells.
You are an observer tasked with monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious activity. This innocuous job soon takes a turn for the creepy, as anomalies begin to appear, from moving furniture... to them. Experience a real-time horror straight from horror-filled creepypastas!
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to Ten Bells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ten Bells.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
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I'm on Observation Duty
Single-player alternative to Ten Bells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ten Bells.
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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The Exit 8
Single-player alternative to Ten Bells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ten Bells.
You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".