Single-player games like Obscurefiend
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Obscurefiend, 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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DON'T STOP SMILING
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Obscurefiend.
Smile—and survive. A first-person “forced-smile” horror game that tracks your facial expression in real time. PC camera required.
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The Last Joy
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Obscurefiend.
The play center was once a vibrant and happy place filled with children's laughter and the latest interactive toys. However, a mysterious accident caused its sudden closure. Nobody knows exactly what happened
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Dye The Bunny
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Obscurefiend.
Dye The Bunny is an Easter horror game about little Ellie going on an Easter Egg Hunt down a rabbit hole.
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Crazy Neighbour
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Obscurefiend.
A psychological horror game set in a small post-Soviet town. You play as a troubled man, drowning himself in cheap beer while being pulled deeper into the shadows of his dark past.
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Hostile Dreams
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Obscurefiend.
Hostile Dreams will push you to your limits. Play through your darkest dreams in this ragdoll platformer! Explore and survive challenging levels, collect dream shards to unlock extra challenges
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Left By Angels
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Obscurefiend.
Based on the real Left By Angels Mansion! After your wife vanishes, a strange sighting draws you to an abandoned mansion. Trapped inside, haunted by the past, and hunted by truth, you must survive a looping nightmare where light is your only ally. She’s here—and she remembers everything.
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Fantoccini
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Obscurefiend.
They have come, they are watching, they are already here, they do not give us time to think. This madness is happening.What's next? Am I really going to be one of them? Fantoccini is a psychological horror game in which you escape to a mysterious place from which it is impossible to get out.
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In Sound Mind
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Obscurefiend.
In Sound Mind is an imaginative first-person psychological horror with frenetic puzzles, unique boss fights, and original music by The Living Tombstone. Journey within the inner workings of the one place you can’t seem to escape—your own mind.
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Behind The Backrooms
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Obscurefiend.
Behind the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game
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Lost Footage : Sound In The Silence
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Obscurefiend.
Sound in the Silence is a horror game where you must find and destroy 10 Totems in a quiet, ominous environment. With each Totem destroyed, more monsters appear and eerie sounds increase, raising the tension. Survive the growing fear and complete your mission before it's too late.
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Behind The Backrooms : Lost Levels
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Obscurefiend.
Behind The Backrooms: Lost Levels is survival horror game where you explore eerie, hidden levels filled with terrifying entities, cryptic puzzles, and relentless dangers. survive deadly encounters, and find your way out—before you become another lost soul trapped forever.
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Scary Together
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Obscurefiend.
Scary Together is a 4-player co-op horror game. Explore terrifying levels filled with jump scares, solve puzzles, and experience the thrill of being scared together. Perfect for players who love screaming—and laughing—with friends. Screams turn into laughter as you watch your friends freak out
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Operation Dimera
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Operation Dimera is a co-op game for up to 3 players where you and your friends must save the world. Tackle diverse missions. Work together to solve puzzles that stand in your way and customize your weapons to be ready for anything! The fate of the world is in your hands!
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LIMINAL ESCAPE
Single-player alternative to Obscurefiend — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
LIMINAL ESCAPE is a co-op survival horror game for up to 4 players, where you and your friends will fight to escape from the unsettling, endless depths of Liminal space.