Single-player games like Hektor
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Hektor, 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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Slender: The Arrival
Single-player alternative to Hektor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hektor.
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
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Phantaruk
Single-player alternative to Hektor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hektor.
Phantaruk combines survival horror with adventure and stealth mechanics. Expect true shivers down your spine as you fight for your life not only facing the dangers of the Purity-02 spaceship, but most of all - when you try to get rid of toxins continually destroying you from the inside.
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Daylight
Single-player alternative to Hektor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hektor.
You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.
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Husk
Single-player alternative to Hektor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hektor.
Husk is a purebred FPP horror inspired by the most classical representatives of the genre. Discover Shivercliff - a daunting town where you uncover the ominous and tantalizing plot. Face the worst nightmares, solve mysteries and survive the devouring darkness in order to find your family.
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This Curse Is Metal as Hell! | Kusodeka Bayashi
Single-player alternative to Hektor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hektor.
This Curse Is Metal as Hell! is a first-person horror comedy game. As the game’s child protagonist, master the special powers hidden within your dad’s MP3 player to rush your way through a world of pure terror. Do you have what it takes to defeat the curse that plagued your family for generations?
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White Day: A Labyrinth Named School
Single-player alternative to Hektor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hektor.
Notorious cult-classic Korean horror. Sneak into school at midnight to return your sweetheart's diary and get caught in a terrifying game of cat and mouse. Explore haunted hallways, solve classic survival horror puzzles and escape the clutches of a killer Janitor who is out for your blood.
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Agony
Single-player alternative to Hektor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hektor.
Agony is a first-person, survival horror set in hell. You will begin your journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about your past. The special ability to control people on your path, and possess demons, gives you the measures to survive.
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Scanner Sombre
Single-player alternative to Hektor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hektor.
Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to Hektor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hektor.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Hektor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hektor.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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AMNESIA
Single-player alternative to Hektor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hektor.
After a series of events now shrouded in mystery, our protagonist - a young man - fell into a coma, losing all recollection of the person he used to be. He is given a clean slate. All that’s left to do now is to carefully and thoroughly investigate every facet of your former self.
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Quell 4D
Single-player alternative to Hektor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hektor.
A high-octane FPS made specifically for VR. Inspired by mid 90's retro shooters, Quell 4D combines free movement, an arsenal of unique weapons and a lineup of varied enemies and bosses to bring you hours upon hours of fun gunplay.