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Single-player games like Hotel 188

Below are 12 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 101: Liminal Descent — Steam game cover

    Tape 101: Liminal Descent

    Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel 188.

    A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure8.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Liminophobia — Steam game cover

    Liminophobia

    Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel 188.

    Walking and Swimming Simulator. No monsters. Explore liminal spaces where each level reflects different aspects of your mind. Savor the atmosphere and let your feelings guide you. Relax or feel anxious as you dive underwater. Overcome your fears in uncanny, unnerving, and eerie spaces.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TAPE GLITCH — Steam game cover

    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.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Liminal Horror — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025IndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BLACK WALLS — Steam game cover

    BLACK WALLS

    Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hotel 188.

    Explore a silent, impossible world of puzzles and obstacles. Make symbolic choices whose consequences may not be clear, your decisions shape your ending. Choose Chill Mode for a calm, mysterious journey with nothing hunting you, or Horror Mode for fear, danger, and something that wants you dead.

    2027AdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LIMINOID — Steam game cover

    LIMINOID

    Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel 188.

    LIMINOID is an immersive first-person exploration game set in dream-like liminal spaces. Explore, admire and progress throughout surreal landscapes and labyrinth structures that should not exist.

    2026IndieAdventureEarly AccessSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Inner Rooms — Steam game cover

    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.

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BACKROOMS — Steam game cover

    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.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anomalum — Steam game cover

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aerocore — Steam game cover

    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.

    2027IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CORRUPTIA: The Last Minute — Steam game cover

    CORRUPTIA: The Last Minute

    Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hotel 188.

    In this first-person escape puzzle, you are a corrupt official trapped in a 60-second time loop. Explore a surreal laundromat, solve frantic puzzles, and uncover the secrets of your own corruption to find the exit. Every minute is a new chance.

    IndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FailRooms — Steam game cover

    FailRooms

    Single-player alternative to Hotel 188 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel 188.

    Failrooms is a first-person exploration game that parodies liminal spaces. Delve into photorealistic environments where the terror of the unknown collides with the most incompetent architecture imaginable. Can you survive this dimensional prank without losing your mind?

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →