Single-player games like After Midnight
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to After Midnight, 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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Ghost Watchers
Single-player alternative to After Midnight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with After Midnight.
Ghost Watchers is a co-op online horror game. You will explore and hunt ghosts in abandoned houses
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The Escape: Together
Single-player alternative to After Midnight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with After Midnight.
The Escape: Together is a 1-3 player Online CO-OP escape horror. The paranormal creature has taken over the house. You must use everything you find to survive and make your runaway.
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Demonologist
Single-player alternative to After Midnight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with After Midnight.
Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.
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Phasmophobia
Single-player alternative to After Midnight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with After Midnight.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
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Creepy Shift: House For Sale
Single-player alternative to After Midnight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with After Midnight.
Handyman needed - ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to After Midnight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with After Midnight.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I.
Single-player alternative to After Midnight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with After Midnight.
I made this first-person single player ghost hunting simulation game, trying to take an authentic approach at investigating ghosts. Use essential paranormal tools to help your community alleviate their concerns and put their minds at ease.
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Obsideo
Single-player alternative to After Midnight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with After Midnight.
Obsideo is a 1-4 player online co-op psychological horror, where you and your team of priests explore different locations experiencing paranormal events in an attempt to figure out what ghost they're dealing with and exorcise it from the property.