Single-player games like Nuckelavee
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Nuckelavee, 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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Horror Simulator VR
Single-player alternative to Nuckelavee — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Nuckelavee.
The First Multiplayer Horror VR game inspired by Phasmophobia. Play with friends, laugh & run! Work together to solve puzzles, explore creepy places & survive scary chases with cool power-ups & customized avatars.
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Erebus-9
Single-player alternative to Nuckelavee — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nuckelavee.
Experience living hell in this reimagining of Dante’s Inferno as a cosmic, psychological horror. Venture into the twisted depths of the Erebus-9 and witness a future at the hands of Daedalus Industries in your desperate bid to escape. The only way home is through hell itself.
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Desdemona
Single-player alternative to Nuckelavee — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nuckelavee.
Gather your courage and face the ghost danger.Clean the curses and hunt the ghost!
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The Séance of Blake Manor
Single-player alternative to Nuckelavee — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Nuckelavee.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
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Chronicles Of The Sinner
Single-player alternative to Nuckelavee — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nuckelavee.
Chronicles of The Sinner is a first-person survival horror set inside an abandoned orphanage. As a lone investigator, you are sent to uncover what happened within its walls. Explore, gather resources, solve puzzles, and try to survive… if you don’t lose yourself first.
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Incubus - A ghost-hunters tale
Single-player alternative to Nuckelavee — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nuckelavee.
You are on your first solo ghost hunt, under the watchful instructions of Bear and Jen from the O.P.G paranormal team. Use real gadgets in a real location, a house investigated by the developers on the request of three different owners. It is a case worthy of a video game, so welcome to Incubus.
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Unwelcome Guest
Single-player alternative to Nuckelavee — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nuckelavee.
You find yourself in a house that the owners have long since abandoned. But something lurks in the shadows, watching your every move. Explore the rooms, solve the mysteries, and find a way to banish the evil... Before it gets to you.
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The Hauntings
Single-player alternative to Nuckelavee — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nuckelavee.
The Hauntings is a 1-4 player online co-op investigation and exorcism game. Using a wide range of paranormal investigation equipment your group must try and successfully discover the source of the haunting and proceed to remove the threat from the area!
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Retrovolver
Single-player alternative to Nuckelavee — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nuckelavee.
Retro roguelite shooter set in the Wild West. Raid towns, upgrade your stats, survive as long as possible.