Single-player games like SCP: Short Story
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SCP: Short Story, 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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Curse of Darkness
Single-player alternative to SCP: Short Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SCP: Short Story.
is a tense survival game in a post-apocalyptic world where the player has to collect parts of a crashed car to save himself while avoiding deadly monsters. Four different creatures roam the world, each with their own special abilities
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Wandering Meatbags
Single-player alternative to SCP: Short Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Short Story.
Wandering Meatbags is a FPS zombie shooter. Walk around in the city, find loot and survive to the waves of zombies !
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DEADBUS
Single-player alternative to SCP: Short Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Short Story.
DEADBUS is a first-person post-apocalyptic shooter where you’re part of a cleanup unit sent to clear infected zones and rescue survivors. Manage limited ammo, hit your kill quota, and make it back to the bus before time runs out. Efficiency is survival, and the DEADBUS waits for no one.
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Chernobyl Trap
Single-player alternative to SCP: Short Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Short Story.
You are survived pilot of fallen helicopter. Your mission is simple: go to evacuation point. But can you do it and not die?
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ZIC – Zombies in City
Single-player alternative to SCP: Short Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Short Story.
Control a team of 4 characters, switching between them to use their unique abilities. ZIC: Zombies In City is a first person zombie survival shooter.
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Deep Space
Single-player alternative to SCP: Short Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Short Story.
You are entrusted with the role of one of the elite captains, put on a high-tech mech suit suitable for travel into space and go on an exciting journey.
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Hover Junkers
Single-player alternative to SCP: Short Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Short Story.
Engage in multiplayer VR gunfights that capture real gun play like no FPS you've played before. Pilot and fortify Hover Junkers as you physically walk, duck, dodge and aim in cross ship combat.
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Contagion
Single-player alternative to SCP: Short Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Short Story.
Contagion isn't your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.