Single-player games like Through The Backrooms
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Through The Backrooms, 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
- 1
Madness on Display
Single-player alternative to Through The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through The Backrooms.
Venture into the world of chilling psychological horror, where the line between reality and nightmare is thinner than a spider's web. Grandview is not just a game, it is a test for your nerves and mind.
- 2
Who am I: Remedy
Single-player alternative to Through The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through The Backrooms.
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.
- 3
Sitter
Single-player alternative to Through The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through The Backrooms.
Investigating the mysterious death of his grandmother, a detective breaks into her home to discover the truth, but the dwelling begins to play tricks on him. The space breaks, fears become flesh, and there is still no way out. Every step, every new room, every cycle is a chance to go mad.
- 4
Dreamless
Single-player alternative to Through The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through The Backrooms.
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years. You're a high school student about to turn 18... But what if you become the next victim?
- 5
Need For Scream
Single-player alternative to Through The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through The Backrooms.
The year is 2010. You're going on a study exchange to Russia from the United States. You're also running your own blog, and everything is going great—until 2014... that is, until you learn about the cursed village and decide to go there to film a video for your followers.
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Lurking Within
Single-player alternative to Through The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through The Backrooms.
You wake up in an unfamiliar bathroom, with no memory of how you got there - but you know this won't end well.
- 7
Cauldron Inn
Single-player alternative to Through The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through The Backrooms.
Find yourself in the role of a prisoner in a dark fairy-tale hotel. Search for anomalies to escape. Collect the charms someone sends you, and beat the demon at his own puzzle games.
- 8
DERAIL
Single-player alternative to Through The Backrooms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Through The Backrooms.
DERAIL is a horror anomaly game where instead of spotting anomalies you have to cleanse them with you holy camera to escape the loop.