Single-player games like Hell of a Birthday
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Hell of a Birthday, 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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Gordy
Single-player alternative to Hell of a Birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hell of a Birthday.
Meet Gordy your very own Feral Human companion. The two of you have become best friends as you wander the woods creating memories of friendship and love amongst the beauty of nature. I really hope nothing bad happens.
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Angel Wings: Endless Night
Single-player alternative to Hell of a Birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hell of a Birthday.
Trapped in a haunted mansion with only your wits and an unlikely ally at your side, what will it take to survive this endless nightmare?
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Bite Night: Dine or Die
Single-player alternative to Hell of a Birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hell of a Birthday.
Bite Night: Dine or Die is a First-Person horror thriller where you play as a diner worker trying to solve the murders of your customers along side your best friend Vamp.
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Nightmare Shift
Single-player alternative to Hell of a Birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hell of a Birthday.
Take on night shifts at a remote motel, handle unsettling guests, and navigate eerie events. Experience Emma’s unnerving apartment life, feel the unease of being watched, and question what’s real as the line between reality and nightmare blurs.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to Hell of a Birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hell of a Birthday.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Hell of a Birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hell of a Birthday.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Back:Fade
Single-player alternative to Hell of a Birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hell of a Birthday.
《Back:Fade》 is a full-motion audio live horror game. Special Note 1: This game is very supernatural and scary, timid or heart disease players do not buy !!!! The game will reveal different ending plots step by step through various searches and choices for your character.
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Fears to Fathom - Carson House
Single-player alternative to Hell of a Birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hell of a Birthday.
Noah Baker, an 18 year old highschooler experiences unsettling occurrences while house-sitting for a media personality, little did he know what was about to unfold that night.
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Bite Night
Single-player alternative to Hell of a Birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hell of a Birthday.
Bite Night is a comedic first-person horror game that explores the idea of what if the big bad monster was bad at their job of being scary.
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Invasion of The Halloween Fiends
Single-player alternative to Hell of a Birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hell of a Birthday.
Invasion of The Halloween Fiends is a First-Person Retro horror game that takes place on Halloween Night. Strangers keep visiting you looking for candy. Some of them may not be so friendly. Will you be able to survive Halloween Night?
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Only Good Babysitters Go To Heaven
Single-player alternative to Hell of a Birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hell of a Birthday.
Only Good Babysitters Go To Heaven is a First-Person comedy horror game about being stuck babysitting while the news is expressing that the world around you is ending.