Single-player games like Lost Child
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Lost Child, 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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Blair Witch
Single-player alternative to Lost Child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Child.
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to Lost Child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Child.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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Rise of Insanity
Single-player alternative to Lost Child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Child.
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to Lost Child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Child.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
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Find Yourself
Single-player alternative to Lost Child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lost Child.
Explore the truly frightening subway cars and find out what fears the main character will have to face.
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Luto
Single-player alternative to Lost Child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Child.
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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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to Lost Child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Child.
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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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to Lost Child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Child.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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Beside Myself
Single-player alternative to Lost Child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Child.
You have to play as the historian-journalist Michael, plunge into the atmosphere of darkness of an abandoned hospital, where you will need to unravel the secrets of the past and try to get out in order to tell the whole world about those terrible events.
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Life after Death
Single-player alternative to Lost Child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Child.
Do you remember the scares that chased you in childhood? How did your limbs shake with fear, take your breath away, and you couldn't do anything about it? I invite you to live it all over again!
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Holidays in Khrushchevsk
Single-player alternative to Lost Child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Child.
Do you like spontaneous purchases? Do all your purchases bring you happiness? Everything is not as simple as it seems at first glance.
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Lonely Christmas
Single-player alternative to Lost Child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Child.
It’s a story about an 8-year-old boy Kevin who was left alone at home at Christmas. Protect your house from a crazy robber and wait for your parents. Can you handle with it? We’ll find out.
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Paranormal place
Single-player alternative to Lost Child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lost Child.
Alex is a blogger who explores places with paranormal phenomena. At the request of his subscribers, he goes to an abandoned place where, according to rumors, some creepy things were noticed. What is happening there? You have to find it out.