Single-player games like Precept
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Precept, 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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METROLOGY
Single-player alternative to Precept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Precept.
METROLOGY is a First Person Horror set in the dark depths of the Underground Metro Transit System. Traverse endless tunnels while the horrors of the Underground haunt you. Uncover secrets, solve environmental puzzles and RUN. You do not want to be here. THEY do not want you here. Escape, if you can…
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Room231
Single-player alternative to Precept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Precept.
Room231 is a single player horror game, which is based on the famous creepy pasta called "Backrooms". Player must find an exit to leave room231 and reach the truth of room231.
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Lost Life : Origins
Single-player alternative to Precept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Precept.
"Lost Life : Origins" is a first-person survival horror experience that blends psychological tension, environmental storytelling, and strategic combat. Your journey is not about brute force, but perception, adaptation, and uncovering the truth buried beneath layers of reality.
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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to Precept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Precept.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
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The Outlast Trials
Single-player alternative to Precept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Precept.
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?
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Backrooms: Extractions
Single-player alternative to Precept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Precept.
Cooperate with up to 6 players to explore, search, and extract lost agents within the Backrooms. Solve puzzles, unlock tools, survive against entities, and progress through increasingly dangerous levels.
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Hatch
Single-player alternative to Precept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Precept.
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
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Panelak
Single-player alternative to Precept — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Precept.
Panelak is an old socialist-era building where strange things happen. Can you make it to the roof and help the helpless man?