Single-player games like Hotel 188
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Hotel 188, 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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TAPE GLITCH
Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel 188.
A first-person psychological horror game where VHS tapes pull you into corrupted memories inside a flooded liminal complex.
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Liminal Horror
Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel 188.
You wake up trapped in a strange swimming pool. A 20-minute psychological horror experience where familiar spaces transform into alien nightmares. There are no monsters. Only you, an endless maze of water, and your slowly dissolving grip on reality.
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Inner Rooms
Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel 188.
Wander through vast, unsettling liminal spaces as a quiet presence grows alongside you. Inner Rooms is a psychological atmospheric exploration game set in a world that appears calm and peaceful, yet constantly radiates unease.
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Liminalcore
Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel 188.
Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.
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BACKROOMS
Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel 188.
'BACKROOMS' is an immersive first-person exploration horror game. Wander through the endless liminal spaces made with procedural generation, try to survive, and find an escape.
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POOLS
Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hotel 188.
Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.
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Silent Threat
Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel 188.
you will embark on a psychological exploration experience that will engulf you in deep curiosity and tension. in this world of modern buildings, dark corners, and mysterious tunnels, you will chase the unknown. walk, look around, and listen to the sounds.
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No Visitors Allowed
Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel 188.
A minimalist psychological horror game inspired by The Exit 8, where players must escape a looping post-Soviet-era abandoned hospital corridor by detecting anomalies.
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Anomalum
Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel 188.
You are trapped in an endless nightmare. Carefully observe your surroundings and look for anomalies while checking the clock to track your progress and escape from Anomalum.
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Aerocore
Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel 188.
Aerocore is a liminal walking simulator about the future they promised you and never arrived. Explore the corporation's simulation environments in this atmospheric experience. Alter the architecture by solving puzzles in impossible spaces and lose yourself in nostalgic aesthetics.