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Single-player games like Backrooms Lost Runners

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Backrooms Lost Runners, 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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    Dark Haunting — Steam game cover

    Dark Haunting

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms Lost Runners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Lost Runners.

    A multiplayer co-op horror game.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    YOKAI WAIFU HUNTERS — Steam game cover

    YOKAI WAIFU HUNTERS

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms Lost Runners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Lost Runners.

    You are yokai hunters venturing into cursed lands from which no one returns. Assemble your team, choose your class, and attempt to banish ancient evil in dark feudal Japan. Survive — or become part of the legend.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Mirror Dimension — Steam game cover

    The Mirror Dimension

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms Lost Runners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms Lost Runners.

    The Mirror Dimension is a co-op psychological thriller and horror game for 1 to 4 players. Players investigate paranormal activities, solve mysteries across dimensions, and eliminate spiritual entities to find problems. Are you ready to explore different dimensions?

    2026IndieAdventureEarly AccessSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Escape from Slumberland — Steam game cover

    Escape from Slumberland

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms Lost Runners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Lost Runners.

    Escape from Slumberland is an online co-op horror game with up to 4 players. Explore deadly dream worlds, collect valuable moonbeams and escape before the nightmares claim you. Meanwhile the monster in your bedroom demands ever increasing sacrifices. Succeed or be devoured!

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Daemonium — Steam game cover

    Daemonium

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms Lost Runners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Lost Runners.

    Daemonium is a 1-4 player online co-op psychological horror game. Demonic possessions are running rampant. Grab your equipment, join your team, and locate the source of the demonic presence. Enter the portal to the demon realm and perform an exorcism to banish the demon to hell.

    2024ActionIndieEarly Access9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Echoes Afterfall — Steam game cover

    Echoes Afterfall

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms Lost Runners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Backrooms Lost Runners.

    Team up in a chilling co-op experience, delving into procedurally generated backroom style buildings. Survive together or succumb into the Echoes.

    2024ActionAdventureEarly Access7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CashGrab: Refunded — Steam game cover

    CashGrab: Refunded

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms Lost Runners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Backrooms Lost Runners.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Use fully physics-based objects and fluid movement to grab some cash and escape The Grind. Use cash to buy items and equipment and fund community goals. Create your Grabba and get rich or die trying.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Outlast Trials — Steam game cover

    The Outlast Trials

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms Lost Runners — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backrooms Lost Runners.

    Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →