Single-player games like Bad Dream: Afterlife
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Bad Dream: Afterlife, 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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Rusty Lake Hotel
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
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The Wardrobe - Even Better Edition
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
Inspired by the great ‘90s classics such as 'Monkey Island', 'Day of the Tentacle', 'Tony Tough' and 'Sam & Max: Hit the Road', "The Wardrobe" has a strong sense of humour, but isn't shy about dealing with mature and non-politically correct themes.
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Bad Dream: Stories
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
Bad Dream: Stories is a collection of older games in the Bad Dream series in a new, remastered form. Play the series of short point & click titles and travel through the disturbing and atmospheric world of dreams.
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Slender Threads
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
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Kathy Rain
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
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The Dark Eye: Memoria
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
In Memoria, players travel through different time periods, following two distinct protagonists: Sadja, a southern princess who wants to be a war hero, and Geron, a bird catcher who wants to lift a curse from his girlfriend.
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When The Past Was Around
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
When the Past was Around is an adventure point-and-click puzzle game about love, moving on, letting go, and the joy and pain of everything in between.
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The Star Named EOS
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
The Star Named EOS is a story-rich puzzle adventure built around photography. Recreate compositions of past photos to uncover the truth of a family mystery. Experience a harmonious mixture of beautiful hand-drawn art and engaging puzzles on a journey of reminiscence.
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Bad Dream: Coma
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
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Bad Dream: Fever
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
The world is covered in strange ink, an unknown plague has gathered its cruel harvest. The city seems to be completely empty and dead, but in its every corner there are manifestations of fear, sorrow, loneliness and suffering.
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Darkness Under My Bed
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
Wander through intricate maze under the bed, and discover the secrets hidden in the long, dark tunnels. Document the existence of monsters. Retrieve the stolen treasures and memories.
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Game For Anna
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
Hello Anna. I made a game for you. We can play together as we used to.
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Faded Stories: Greenberg
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
Here in the city of Greenberg time is meaningless, and space is infinite. The city has endless history and yet... The whole place is fading away.
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Bad Dream: Purgatory
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
Explore a hauntingly surreal landscape filled with unused characters from a cancelled project in Bad Dream: Purgatory. Will you give them purpose, or will they be doomed to suffer?
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Faded Stories: Full Moon
Single-player alternative to Bad Dream: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dream: Afterlife.
Unburied and forgotten undead gather in the city center, while the citizens of Greenberg go about their day-to-day lives.