Single-player games like Christmas Story
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Christmas Story, 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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Luto
Single-player alternative to Christmas Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Christmas Story.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
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September 7th
Single-player alternative to Christmas Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Christmas Story.
"September 7th" is a short horror game released for Christmas. The plot of the game is simple to the point of banality, and the gameplay is not delayed.The game also contains some Easter eggs and mentions. The game takes place in 2009.
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Silent Nights
Single-player alternative to Christmas Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Christmas Story.
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
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Christmas Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Christmas Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Christmas Story.
Christmas Nightmare is an atmospheric horror game about New Year's Eve.
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Evil Holiday
Single-player alternative to Christmas Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Christmas Story.
Returning to parents' house for Christmas and a regular holiday dinner turns into a bloody hell filled with horror and death.
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Witch's Doll
Single-player alternative to Christmas Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Christmas Story.
Witch's Doll is a first-person psychological horror game with realistic graphics. Beware, something is lurking in the dark. Get ready for intense jumpscares.
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Crimson Snow (2023)
Single-player alternative to Christmas Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Christmas Story.
Christmas is a joyful time, but this time something dark is hiding behind the holiday decorations. Your actions will determine whether you and your girlfriend survive Christmas night.
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Nightmare Shift
Single-player alternative to Christmas Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Christmas Story.
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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Rose and Cross
Single-player alternative to Christmas Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Christmas Story.
Our main character, absorbed in the study of sects and the occult, made a big mistake by going to an abandoned farm.
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Madness inside
Single-player alternative to Christmas Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Christmas Story.
"Madness Inside"" immerses you in the dark depths of an abandoned psychiatric hospital, where horrifying experiments were once conducted. Police Lieutenant Vic Voight, in pursuit of a dangerous criminal, unexpectedly finds himself trapped in this nightmarish place.
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Ghost Buster:Village
Single-player alternative to Christmas Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Christmas Story.
An extreme blogger travels to an abandoned village that, according to legend, was deserted in a single day. While exploring, he encounters rituals and entities rooted in Slavic mythology. But the truth waiting there is far more terrifying than any legend.