Single-player games like Near Death
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Near 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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Paranormal: Found Footage
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Near Death.
You are a student journalist who decides to make a documentary about the abandoned «North» cosmodrome, where in the 1990s a series of man-made disasters occurred that caused serious genetic changes in humans and animals, forming previously unknown mutations.
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Break The Ice
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Near Death.
Mine, survive, sell, upgrade, repeat. Descend into a treacherous ice cave filled with relentless monsters and rare loot. Escape with the Miner's Stone to proceed to your next expedition. But watch the frost, if your cabin's temperature drops, your journey ends permanently.
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Nuclear Frost
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Near Death.
Nuclear Frost is an action-adventure first-person shooter where you have to face the threats that the new world has brought to bear. Fight mutants, keep yourself warm, avoid radiation and fight fungus to save your home.
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Beneath the Cardboard: Be Happy
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near Death.
You will have to survive the cold New Year's Eve, look for food in the trash in the world where no one cares about you. This is an adventure where you have to survive Christmas, a holiday that has never been so cold before...
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Santa Claws
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Near Death.
He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad, or good. So be good... for goodness sake... Santa Claws is coming to town.
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Glacial
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Near Death.
1988, a chill is in the air, and fear hides in the dark. Glacial is an 80s VHS slasher inspired first person horror where you must brave unimaginable terrors lurking in the shadows to discover the truth
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Project Phoenix
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Near Death.
The player finds himself in an abandoned Soviet bunker, built at the height of the Cold War. The protagonist is a stalker, a hunter for artifacts and secrets of the past. He entered the bunker, attracted by legends of secret experiments and the mysterious disappearance of all personnel.
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Banshee Hunt
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Near Death.
Banshee Hunt is a Banshee hunting horror game, a supernatural spirit from Irish folklore, on an island isolated from the world. Track the creature by listening to its distant cries and loud screams, prepare your weapon and kill it, before it reaches you.
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near Death.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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The Long Dark
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near Death.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Near Death.
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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South of the Circle
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Near Death.
South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.
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The Thing from Nowhere
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near Death.
Travel to a remote town in Alaska and uncover the truth behind reported sightings of a mythical creature from ancient Inuit folklore. A Choose Your Own Adventure mystery set in the 1950s, inspired by classic monster movies and Amiga's "It Came from the Desert".
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The Thing: Remastered
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Near Death.
The Thing: Remastered is a faithful restoration of the cult-classic 2002 third-person survival horror shooter game inspired by Universal Pictures’ genre-defining 1982 film, The Thing
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The Novelist
Single-player alternative to Near Death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Near Death.
The Novelist asks one central question: can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love? The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist struggling to write the most important book of his career while trying to be the best husband and father he can be.