Single-player games like Paranormal Investigation
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Paranormal Investigation, 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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Visage
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal Investigation.
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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Conrad Stevenson's Paranormal P.I.
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paranormal Investigation.
I made this first-person single player ghost hunting simulation game, trying to take an authentic approach at investigating ghosts. Use essential paranormal tools to help your community alleviate their concerns and put their minds at ease.
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Shhh!
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal Investigation.
Explore haunted locations with your VHS camera—but stay silent! Any noise could be your last. (Microphone required)
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Burial
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paranormal Investigation.
A videographer receives the task of filming a wake in an old Soviet apartment. But he soon realizes that something terrible is lurking within these walls. And in the middle of the room there is a closed coffin...
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Cursed Digicam | 呪われたデジカメ
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Paranormal Investigation.
You receive a cursed digital camera that captures ghosts from a strange website. The website allows you to liberate your loved ones by uploading images of their spirits using the camera. You decide to go to the nearest park where your girl was last seen.
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Phasmophobia
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal Investigation.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
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Hazing - Night Shift
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paranormal Investigation.
A young police officer arrives at a country house after a disturbing call... This VHS tape captures the horrors that happened to him.
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Slender: The Arrival
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal Investigation.
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
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The Bunker
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal Investigation.
Trapped in an abandoned bunker, you are alone—your friends locked out, something else locked in. This PSX, VHS-style found-footage psychological horror plunges you into a nightmare of analog terror. Will you unravel the truth, survive the bunker’s horrors, and discover the fate of your friends?
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The Survivor
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal Investigation.
Manage your failing ship, evade lurking horrors, and navigate the galaxies to find the Lunar Star Base. With limited oxygen, dwindling power, and unknown terrors closing in, every decision is life or death. Will you make it home—or be lost forever?
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Night Shift
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with Paranormal Investigation.
Feeling hungry? Our pizza will make you never hungry again. Apply today for the prestigious Night Shift at our beloved 24/7 pizza parlor. Clean up, clock in, and definitely don’t look out the windows.
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Dark Mine
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal Investigation.
Trapped underground after a collapse, you are the sole survivor of a deadly attack. Armed only with a night vision camera, navigate the darkness, avoid the creature, and find a way out in this retro-style survival horror game.