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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Siberian experiment
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal Investigation.
Abandoned on the edge of the Siberian taiga, an old military barracks holds something more sinister than just memories of the past. A cold wind whispers through the broken windows, carrying the smell of damp and decay through the empty corridors.
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Dark Resolve
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paranormal Investigation.
Immerse yourself in a chilling nightmare where the darkest corners of the past come to life to haunt you. This is a tense first-person psychological horror game that transports you to the heart of an abandoned police station. .
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Clink
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paranormal Investigation.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
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Mirror Forge
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paranormal Investigation.
Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game. Roam between realities of fear, madness & machinery. Solve puzzles, explore an atmospheric world, survive horrifying entities.
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Fuck You Witch
Single-player alternative to Paranormal Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paranormal Investigation.
Your best friend has confessed her love for you... but the problems don't stop there. You've started to hallucinate. All this interferes with sleeping and eating, and in general disrupts your ideal lifestyle. Yell obscenities at the witch, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Qazaq steppes
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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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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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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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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.