Single-player games like After Dark
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to After Dark, 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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Gnome Expedition
Single-player alternative to After Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with After Dark.
A retro-style fantasy horror game where you must try to escape as a gnome from the giant demonic knight that hunts you down on your quest to collect ingredients.
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Cognition Method
Single-player alternative to After Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with After Dark.
Cognition Method is a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris. Discover the innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveil a non-ordinary story.
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Under The Warehouse
Single-player alternative to After Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with After Dark.
A mysterious caller sends you on a surreal journey to find a colorful egg in a sprawling warehouse. Meet the workers, collect items, and solve puzzles in this first person adventure with multiple endings.
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NIGHTSLINK
Single-player alternative to After Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with After Dark.
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
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Discolored
Single-player alternative to After Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with After Dark.
Locals whisper of a roadside diner that’s lost its color. You are sent to investigate.
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Ethel
Single-player alternative to After Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with After Dark.
Welcome to my first game! Where you'll Immerse yourself in a unbelievable, story-rich mystery, packed with jaw-dropping plot twist, horror, and multiple endings.
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Botanicula
Single-player alternative to After Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with After Dark.
Humor-filled indie adventure game created by the makers of Machinarium and Samorost.
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Birth
Single-player alternative to After Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with After Dark.
You are alone. You will build a creature, a partner, a wet warm heart, a collection of bones.