Single-player games like Urbex Awakening
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Urbex Awakening, 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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Writer. Chapter 1
Single-player alternative to Urbex Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Urbex Awakening.
You, the legendary writer, the “King of Horror,” find yourself at the center of a nightmare. A mysterious place, frighteningly familiar, hides sinister secrets. Explore locations, solve riddles, escape from the monster, collect a story that will become a new masterpiece... if you survive.
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Inside The Forest
Single-player alternative to Urbex Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Urbex Awakening.
You and a group of friends decide to go on a camping trip in the Darkwood Forest, It starts off smoothly, but unforeseen events occur. and it’s only a matter of time before the true horror reveals itself.
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New Face On The Block
Single-player alternative to Urbex Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Urbex Awakening.
A psychological home-invasion horror set in the bleak year of 1992, focusing on tension, atmosphere, and an immersive soundtrack. The story involves elements of a cult, rituals meant to reach the dead, and the haunting presence of those who should have remained in the past.
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Discolored
Single-player alternative to Urbex Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Urbex Awakening.
Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.
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The Maid
Single-player alternative to Urbex Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Urbex Awakening.
The Maid is a first-person psychological horror and mystery game that focuses on creating fear and tension in the player.
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Refuted Wind
Single-player alternative to Urbex Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Urbex Awakening.
Mysterious murders are happening in the area where Dave lives. In an attempt to draw attention to these horrific events, he decides to make a short film. As his project becomes known, frightening events begin to happen around him.
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The Strange Lights
Single-player alternative to Urbex Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Urbex Awakening.
You have arrived in a forest where people are rumored to disappear and strange things happen... Locals often see bright flashes and hear strange sounds...
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Within of Static - Ashburg Rental
Single-player alternative to Urbex Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Urbex Awakening.
Riley Adams moves to Ashburg for a new teaching job and rents a house to get settled. She expected silence. She didn’t expect company.
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Area 19
Single-player alternative to Urbex Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Urbex Awakening.
A First Person Sci Fi Horror Game. Set within a confidential Underground Facility, Navigate through this Abandoned Complex, Discover Government Experiments, Alien Beings, and the haunting aftermath of the Roswell Crash.