Single-player games like Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients, 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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Silent Anomalies 2
Single-player alternative to Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients.
A psychological horror “spot the difference” game where you monitor security cameras, detect anomalies, and try to survive the night. Your attention is your only defense.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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The Last Door - Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients.
Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.
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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients.
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.
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The Last Door: Season 2 - Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients.
In Season 2 of The Last Door, the search for his missing client will bring psychiatrist John Wakefield deeper into a conspiracy of darkness and closer to the heart of madness than ever before.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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ASYLUM
Single-player alternative to Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients.
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
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Alpha Polaris : A Horror Adventure Game
Single-player alternative to Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients.
Alpha Polaris is an oldschool adventure game focusing on slow-burning character driven horror and environmental themes. It draws inspiration from such sources as Inuit legends and Cthulhu mythos.
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Scratches - Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients.
Dark Legends surround the old abandoned Blackwood house, secluded far away in the northern wastelands. For writer Michael Arthate, this cold, solitary atmosphere is fodder for his restless imagination. But Michael soon becomes distracted by the mysteries offered up, as he follows a trail exploring and delving into the secrets of the past.
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The Night of the Rabbit
Single-player alternative to Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hidden: On the trail of the Ancients.
Lose yourself in a tale of magic and wonder, where anything is possible and where nothing is quite as it seems: join young Jerry and follow a peculiar white rabbit to the wondrous realm of Mousewood, a land where critters can speak and where mystery abounds.