Single-player games like Theater of Death
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Theater of Death, 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 Resolve
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theater of Death.
Immerse yourself in a chilling nightmare where the darkest corners of the past come to life to haunt you. This is a tense first-person psychological horror game that transports you to the heart of an abandoned police station. .
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Madness on Display
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theater of Death.
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.
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Siberian experiment
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theater of Death.
Abandoned on the edge of the Siberian taiga, an old military barracks holds something more sinister than just memories of the past. A cold wind whispers through the broken windows, carrying the smell of damp and decay through the empty corridors.
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Midnight Cruise
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theater of Death.
As you progress, you'll need to find keys and open locked doors. Solve puzzles and find passages. A first-person game with elements of horror. Explore the ship and its cabins, collect batteries for your flashlight. Ability to use the camera Solve puzzles. The darkness can conceal various secrets.
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Cauldron Inn
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Theater of Death.
Trying to save yourselfe from something unknown but clearly malevolent, you hide in a mysterious inn. However, your temporary refuge turns out to be a trap, and now you must find a way to escape.
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Unable to Exit 8
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Theater of Death.
You receive an invitation on a "special" dating app, get excited and then get involved in an endless cycle of couples' hotels. You have to watch carefully for any unusual information. Can you solve these puzzles?
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What Happened to Lily?
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Theater of Death.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
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Aurora Hills: Chapter 2
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Theater of Death.
Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 is the second part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from a national park to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!
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Degrees
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Degrees - racing game with two modes: single and multiplayer mode for 4 players. With a view from above, you control the victim machine on the map, which is pursued by hunters. Escape them and hide in the bushes, so it will be harder for them to find you.
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Underwater hunting
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Theater of Death.
Underwater hunting: Plunge into the underwater world. Your character-a small fish piranha. The glory of these river predators is truly black - river killers, bloodthirsty robbers, river hyenas, sharks. And she always wants to eat.
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Oil Baron
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Theater of Death.
The game has 7 locations with special tasks. You must fulfill them until the end of the day. It can be used to collect N amount of oil or earn several thousand $. To start playing, you need to choose the complexity of the game. There are 5 difficulty levels (easy-normal-difficult-very complicated-insane).
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Oops!!! Puzzles!!!
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Theater of Death.
We offer you a puzzle game. The meaning of the game – making a mosaic pattern that you want to add up from a variety of fragments of different shapes. The greatest interest in this game will cause thrill-seekers, as it contains scary pictures (horror).
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Laboratory of Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Theater of Death.
You are one of the best fighters of the GIBAR unit, and therefore you were sent to destroy a secret laboratory guarded by armed soldiers. This is a dynamic game with a top view in which you have to survive in a secret laboratory and find a way out of it.
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Base Dune
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Theater of Death.
Base Dune 3D is a first-person shooter in which you have to go through a large secret laboratory destroying enemies. You can simply move around the game world and shoot the weapons that are given in the game.
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MOLOGA
Single-player alternative to Theater of Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Theater of Death.
Description: in 1935, the leadership of the USSR decided to build a new reservoir in one of the regions of the republic. Almost all people left villages and towns, but some refused to leave their homes.