Single-player games like Kholat
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Kholat, 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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Kona
Single-player alternative to Kholat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.
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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to Kholat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to Kholat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
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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Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
Single-player alternative to Kholat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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The Alien Cube
Single-player alternative to Kholat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Kholat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
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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Darkwood
Single-player alternative to Kholat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Kholat.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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Metro Exodus
Single-player alternative to Kholat — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.
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Seven: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Kholat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kholat.
Seven: Enhanced Edition is an open-world, isometric stealth and action role-playing game, in which you play as Teriel, a master thief sent on a mission that will shake the foundations of the Vetrall Empire. Includes the Drowned Past expansion.