Single-player games like The Shafts of Damnation
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Shafts of Damnation, 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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The Lost Gallery
Single-player alternative to The Shafts of Damnation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Shafts of Damnation.
Works of art are attacking people, turning an exhibition into a bloodbath in a single night. At the same time, you – a phantom thief – happen to be there to steal a valuable masterpiece.
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Skyborne Terrors
Single-player alternative to The Shafts of Damnation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Shafts of Damnation.
"Skyborne Terrors" is a unique horror game where you navigate dangerous, dense skies using a mechanical aircraft. But the skies are far from empty! Demonic balloons haunt the skies, hunting for fresh victims!
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Redline Contract
Single-player alternative to The Shafts of Damnation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Shafts of Damnation.
1–4 player co-op extraction FPS. Infiltrate Redline Corp’s hidden facilities, rescue hostages, and eliminate evidence or don’t make it out. Every map is procedural. Every run is different. Every mistake has a cost.
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Dungeon Gore: Lost Treasury
Single-player alternative to The Shafts of Damnation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Shafts of Damnation.
Dungeon Gore is a Strategy & Stealth game where you explore the dungeon and collect enough ancient treasure and escape with your findings.
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Noiseless
Single-player alternative to The Shafts of Damnation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Shafts of Damnation.
Noiseless is a first-person survival horror game. You follow the story of a freelance investigative journalist who tries to uncover the secrets of the Gaudium Hospital.
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Pneumata
Single-player alternative to The Shafts of Damnation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Shafts of Damnation.
Prepare to question what is reality, and what is insanity in one of the scariest psychological horrors in years. The tenants are going missing, screams echo and blood seeps through the walls of Clover Hill.
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THE MADHOUSE | Infected Mansion
Single-player alternative to The Shafts of Damnation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Shafts of Damnation.
THE MADHOUSE | Infected Mansion is a survival horror game. Contains Fear, Stealth, Exploration/Puzzle solving, Item management. Moreover "Multiple First-Person Views" provides a new level of fear, immersion, strategy. Steal the vision of "something" lurking in the abandoned house and try to survive.
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You had a bad dream
Single-player alternative to The Shafts of Damnation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Shafts of Damnation.
A minimalist horror game where you move through procedurally generated narrow corridors and avoid lurking monsters.