Single-player games like Dreadline Express
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dreadline Express, 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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Inquisitor Shepherd
Single-player alternative to Dreadline Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreadline Express.
Become Shepherd, an inquisitor sent to a suspicious village. Unveil the secrets of a world filled with fear, and make an inevitable choice. In this visual novel mystery, your decisions change the world. Can you survive the desperate horror?
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Cthulhu: Death Escape / 克苏鲁:死亡逃脱 Prototype
Single-player alternative to Dreadline Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreadline Express.
Trapped in an eerie dungeon, you must solve puzzles and evade lurking horrors to find the only chance of survival. Every step could lead you to freedom...or to your demise...
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Athanasy
Single-player alternative to Dreadline Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dreadline Express.
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
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The Sinking City Remastered
Single-player alternative to Dreadline Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dreadline Express.
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Sinking City Remastered brings the eerie, atmospheric world of Oakmont back to life with enhanced gameplay and fully relit environments, perfect for both newcomers and returning players.
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Necrophosis
Single-player alternative to Dreadline Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreadline Express.
Necrophosis is a first-person horror adventure, plunging you into a nightmarish realm teeming with grotesque forms and ominous visuals. Delve into eerie landscapes and uncover secrets in this atmospheric journey through the macabre.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Dreadline Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreadline Express.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
Single-player alternative to Dreadline Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreadline Express.
Tex Murphy is the last of the hard-boiled gumshoe detectives living in dystopian post-World War III San Francisco in the 2050s. Tex is an honest and good-natured private investigator with a penchant for bourbon, cigarettes and getting himself into trouble.
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Strange Horticulture
Single-player alternative to Dreadline Express — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dreadline Express.
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.