Single-player games like Kult Rising
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Kult Rising, 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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TAPE GLITCH
Single-player alternative to Kult Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kult Rising.
A first-person psychological horror game where VHS tapes pull you into corrupted memories inside a flooded liminal complex.
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Backrooms: The M.E.G.
Single-player alternative to Kult Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kult Rising.
You are a MEG explorer seeking to uncover every accessible level and sub-level of the uncanny Backrooms. Atmospheric, captivating, oppressive and eerie locations await you - with no entities. Just you and pure liminality.
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Backrooms - Surreality
Single-player alternative to Kult Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kult Rising.
Noclip into the backrooms and never get out =) Explore several infinite levels of the backrooms and survive in an environment inherently hostile to any human. God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.
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CLAUSTRUM
Single-player alternative to Kult Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kult Rising.
Claustrum is an atmospheric first-person exploration game set within an endless brutalist megastructure. Navigate dark industrial corridors, interact with forgotten machinery, and uncover the mystery of a dormant complex that was never meant to wake up.
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Backrooms: Overstay
Single-player alternative to Kult Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kult Rising.
Survival horror in an infinite, procedurally generated Backrooms. Solo or in 1–8 player co-op: scavenge, craft, build a shelter, and hide from monsters that hunt by light and sound. Stay fed, warm, and sane long enough to find the way out.
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Tape 101: Liminal Descent
Single-player alternative to Kult Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kult Rising.
A psychological horror descending through liminal spaces shaped by the Kübler Ross model - the five stages of grief, where your perception and an RC car are the only tools to grasp what’s real.
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Nonplace
Single-player alternative to Kult Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kult Rising.
You find yourself in the nonplace. Nonlinear, uncanny, maybe in between worlds or time itself. What is your purpose here? Are you just passing through, or are you an intruder surveying a reality that isn't even real?
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Survive
Single-player alternative to Kult Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kult Rising.
SURVIVE is a 6 player multiplayer horror game. Survive a killer in different environments, accomplish objectives and call the police to escape.