Single-player games like Horror Prison
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Horror Prison, 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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Crimson Asylum
Single-player alternative to Horror Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Horror Prison.
Enter the Crimson Asylum with the means to explore and document it's secrets, only to get lost and trapped inside with the horrors that lie in wait.
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Alone in the Backrooms
Single-player alternative to Horror Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Horror Prison.
You were just trying to get home. Then you fell into the Backrooms. Explore what lies beyond reality, uncover its secrets, and find a way out.
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Locked in my Darkness
Single-player alternative to Horror Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Horror Prison.
A tense, atmospheric descent into psychological horror—trapped in a place where reality fades and fear takes hold.
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Horror Manor
Single-player alternative to Horror Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horror Prison.
Step into the decaying halls of Horror Manor, an abandoned estate shrouded in mystery. With a sudden click, the doors slam shut, trapping you within its chilling embrace.
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The Derailed
Single-player alternative to Horror Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Horror Prison.
The Derailed is a first-person psychological horror game. Beneath the dusty arches of a nearly forgotten depot, shadows of the past tremble. Whether you want to or not, you will have to uncover the dark secrets of this place.
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File Destined
Single-player alternative to Horror Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Prison.
Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.
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The Backrooms Project
Single-player alternative to Horror Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Prison.
Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?
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Visage
Single-player alternative to Horror Prison — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horror Prison.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.