Single-player games like The Midnight Bus
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Midnight Bus, 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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Dead Return
Single-player alternative to The Midnight Bus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Midnight Bus.
Dead Return is a first-person psychological horror game about returning to a place you can never leave.
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Remains on the bus
Single-player alternative to The Midnight Bus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Midnight Bus.
Every passenger could be a shapeshifter. You are a bus driver who must let ordinary passengers board while identifying and kicking out shapeshifters hiding among them.
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Don't Leave
Single-player alternative to The Midnight Bus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Midnight Bus.
Welcome to a mysterious adventure where justice and the supernatural intertwine! Judge Harlan, in his old country cottage, faces a mysterious presence after his mother's sudden departure. Explore justice's limits in this extraordinary tale!
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Inn The Dark
Single-player alternative to The Midnight Bus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Midnight Bus.
You have been sent to aid in a Triple Homicide case. But you soon find that things are not as they seem. Inn This first person horror game you must investigate the strange super natural on goings in a haunted hotel. Run and hide from danger using only a Flashlight and Camera!
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Grave Of Voices
Single-player alternative to The Midnight Bus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Midnight Bus.
Ryan Morgan, a 21-year-old horror vlogger, thought he had found the perfect lead for his next video. But when he enters Ashfall, a town erased from the map, he realizes he's trapped in the catacombs below. To escape, he must solve puzzles, scavenge, hide from inhuman creatures, and fight to survive.
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The Chaput's Baby
Single-player alternative to The Midnight Bus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Midnight Bus.
The Chaput Baby is a first-person horror game. Play as Samantha, hired to care for the Chaput family's baby. Take on a babysitting night in a former church as you unravel deep secrets about one of the oldest families in the city.
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Short Stories Paranoia
Single-player alternative to The Midnight Bus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Midnight Bus.
How do you know, if something is real, or just in your mind? Are you really sure that you can distinguish imagination from reality? For the next couple of hours, listen, watch and be part of a story where imagination and reality intersect each other.
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The Nightmare Chronicles - Devil's Drive
Single-player alternative to The Midnight Bus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Midnight Bus.
When Jason’s dad leaves him home alone to go on a business trip, sinister things start happening in the usually quiet ‘Devil’s Drive’. Can you survive playing as young Jason while uncovering the secrets of Devil’s Drive?
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Forest 6174
Single-player alternative to The Midnight Bus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Midnight Bus.
A brief narrative-driven psychological horror experience in first person (no jumpscares, story and dialogue-focused). You play as Danny, who is unexpectedly summoned to receive a break from his daily routine... However, things start to look out of place once you get deeper into the forest.