Single-player games like City of Nightmares
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to City of Nightmares, 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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Table 9
Single-player alternative to City of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
Deliver coffee to 9 tables in a looping European-style specialty cafe, spot the anomalies creeping in and reach Table 9.
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IFU
Single-player alternative to City of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
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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Station Haven 3: What Remains
Single-player alternative to City of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
Following the largest cybernetic breach in history, classified documents have exposed an unclaimed Station drifting in Mars' orbit. The crew can't be reached, yet something else now resides there. Every three months, we send someone there. This time, you're the lucky winner.
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Apestin Explorer
Single-player alternative to City of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
Monsters roamed among us, wearing masks of wealth and status. In the early 2000s, disturbing crimes were hidden behind power and influence. Explore, gather evidence, connect clues, and expose a web of corruption. The real monsters are never supernatural, they are people protected by power.
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Village
Single-player alternative to City of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
A young boy has come to a distant village to visit his grandmother. Arriving at the final station, in some wilderness, we find newspaper clippings on the platform. This is where our tangled story begins.
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Inside The Forest
Single-player alternative to City of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with City of Nightmares.
You and a group of friends decide to go on a camping trip in the Darkwood Forest, It starts off smoothly, but unforeseen events occur. and it’s only a matter of time before the true horror reveals itself.
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Who am I: Remedy
Single-player alternative to City of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
A found footage horror game where you'll try to remember who you are and escape the time loop while documenting everything on a typewriter.
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Discolored
Single-player alternative to City of Nightmares — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City of Nightmares.
Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.