Single-player games like Don't Turn Back
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Don't Turn Back, 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 FIFTH MASK
Single-player alternative to Don't Turn Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Don't Turn Back.
A cinematic, choice-driven FMV horror. His friends left him alone in the forest as a prank — then hid among the trees in cheap masks to scare him. But not every mask out there is a friend. Every choice matters. Silence is a choice too.
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Victim Complex: Part 1
Single-player alternative to Don't Turn Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Don't Turn Back.
Use your wits and iconic ghost hunting equipment to uncover the mystery of what happened to the residents of an abandoned apartment complex in this narrative-driven horror experience.
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SOMBRAS: negative frames
Single-player alternative to Don't Turn Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
‘SOMBRAS: negative frames’ is a first person narrative game with a focus on photography and light horror elements. Follow Shiomi, a Japanese-Spanish photography student, as she is spirited away in a dark mirror of her 2000s Japanese town and must confront fragments of her own psyche.
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The Shade
Single-player alternative to Don't Turn Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Don't Turn Back.
A first-person psychological horror set in rural Finland, where isolation and unsettling encounters slowly turn your housekeeping job into something far more disturbing.
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Karakuru
Single-player alternative to Don't Turn Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Don't Turn Back.
Algı sınırlarını zorlayan bu yapımda gerçekliğin bizzat kendisi ol ve hayale karışmanı izle. Gerçeklikle düşün, yaşamla ölümün ayırt edilemediği bu yapımda Barlas, gelecekte yaşarken geçmişini yeniden yaratmak zorundadır. Peki ya, geçmiş geleceğin ta kendisiyse?
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Remnants of Dawn
Single-player alternative to Don't Turn Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Don't Turn Back.
A string of campus killings. A newly-turned vampire struggling to adjust. A monster hunter seeking answers. Worlds collide as Dante Jones and Nick Torres, both in danger of being accused of the crimes, team up to reveal the true culprit in this chilling supernatural horror visual novel.
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The Lightkeeper
Single-player alternative to Don't Turn Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Don't Turn Back.
Alone on a remote island, you're tasked with keeping a lighthouse. But the horrific events that claimed the lives of previous keepers still whisper through the air. Each day, the line between reality and delusion fades and something in the dark is waiting for the last keeper
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Speed Dates
Single-player alternative to Don't Turn Back — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Don't Turn Back.
Embark Speed Dates, where you control first dates with 18 attractive women in this interactive FMV game. Shape your story with charm and humor for a personalized romantic journey.