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Single-player games like Metrophobia

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Metrophobia, 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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    Phoenix Nightmare — Steam game cover

    Phoenix Nightmare

    Single-player alternative to Metrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Metrophobia.

    Step into inmersive horror experience in the desert of Arizona. Your car broke down after traveling miles. A few meters away is a suspicious abandoned gas station. Crazy kidnapper is on the loose! Search and find ways to escape and survive collecting stuff, shooting guns and solving puzzles

    2023ActionIndieSimulationFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Levels of Backrooms — Steam game cover

    The Levels of Backrooms

    Single-player alternative to Metrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metrophobia.

    Explore, discover, and document the dark, liminal reality known as the Backrooms, experiencing dread and isolation as you navigate it. We wish you luck in your travels.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Every Step Has a Sound — Steam game cover

    Every Step Has a Sound

    Single-player alternative to Metrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metrophobia.

    An atmospheric horror puzzle game where an independent programmer answers a request from a gold mining company and finds himself alone inside mysterious caves hiding dangerous secrets

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slendrina Remake — Steam game cover

    Slendrina Remake

    Single-player alternative to Metrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metrophobia.

    Slendrina Remake is a scary survival game set in a dungeon where you must gather items, solve puzzles, and evade the sinister Slendrina herself to make it out alive. Experience the atmosphere of fear and tension in this gripping horror adventure.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aspect — Steam game cover

    Aspect

    Single-player alternative to Metrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metrophobia.

    Aspect is a retro-inspired roguelite dungeon crawler, where enemies drop Aspects - fragments of their power, that you can use against them. With a variety of enemies to face, weapons to find, and procedurally generated levels, no two playthroughs are the same. Will you collect all of the Aspects?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chernobyl inferno — Steam game cover

    Chernobyl inferno

    Single-player alternative to Metrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metrophobia.

    Go in search of your brother, who got lost in the catacombs of Chernobyl, among aggressive inhabitants mutilated by radiation.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FEEDERS — Steam game cover

    FEEDERS

    Single-player alternative to Metrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metrophobia.

    2079. The sun exploded. The rich fled underground. You were sent to the top, where the sky burns. They call you Penthouse Rats. Descend into ruins crawling with smart, unique creatures. Make noise, one hunts you. Stay silent, another finds you. 1-4 player co-op horror.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Depths Of Horror: Mushroom Day — Steam game cover

    Depths Of Horror: Mushroom Day

    Single-player alternative to Metrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metrophobia.

    This is a 3D first-person adventure and horror game that lets you plunge deep into your fears. A unique cave system, enemies and screamers. While picking mushrooms in a clearing, you stumble upon an abandoned hut. Exploring it, you find yourself in a cave full of unexpected inhabitants and surprises

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Timeloop: Sink Again Beach — Steam game cover

    Timeloop: Sink Again Beach

    Single-player alternative to Metrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metrophobia.

    A non-linear first-person action adventure in a pirate setting. A single player time travel simulation game. Unusual gaming experience.Moving in space and time, the player must understand what is happening on the island and how the main character can move away from there.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    I Want to Believe — Steam game cover

    I Want to Believe

    Single-player alternative to Metrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metrophobia.

    I Want to Believe is a first-person action game with elements of detective work, simulation, stealth, freedom of action, and driving.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →