Single-player games like Cosmic Fear
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Cosmic Fear, 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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Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cosmic Fear.
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
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The Alien Cube
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cosmic Fear.
A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cosmic Fear.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cosmic Fear.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cosmic Fear.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Cosmic Fear.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
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The Lightkeeper
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cosmic Fear.
Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper
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Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Cosmic Fear.
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
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The Land of Pain
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cosmic Fear.
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.