Single-player games like Gynophobia
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Gynophobia, 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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Syndrome
Single-player alternative to Gynophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Gynophobia.
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
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Beneath
Single-player alternative to Gynophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Gynophobia.
Beneath is a Lovecraft-inspired survival FPS. Scarce ammo, merciless enemies and a sense of the unknown combine in a 10+ hour, story-driven single player campaign, built for both veteran gamers and those seeking a challenging old school experience.
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Dementium: The Ward
Single-player alternative to Gynophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gynophobia.
Classic DS horror reborn. Awaken in an abandoned hospital with no memory, no escape and unspeakable horrors lurking in the dark. The horror classic Dementium: The Ward returns, enhanced for 4K display and Steam Deck Verified, where every shadow hides a new threat, and every corridor a new nightmare.
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Witch Hunt
Single-player alternative to Gynophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gynophobia.
Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.
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Red Lake
Single-player alternative to Gynophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gynophobia.
Red Lake - horror shooter with elements of quest.
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AMOK
Single-player alternative to Gynophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gynophobia.
Protagonist of the game is investigating the disappearance of people. The investigation leads him into an old house, and then it becomes a party to the strange and dangerous events.
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Shadows Peak
Single-player alternative to Gynophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Gynophobia.
Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.
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Arizona Sunshine®
Single-player alternative to Gynophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gynophobia.
Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.
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Half-Life
Single-player alternative to Gynophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gynophobia.
Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world.
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Quake
Single-player alternative to Gynophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gynophobia.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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Mafia
Single-player alternative to Gynophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Gynophobia.
It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.
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Fallout 4
Single-player alternative to Gynophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
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Skinwalker Hunt
Single-player alternative to Gynophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gynophobia.
Skinwalker Hunt is a horror themed hunting game from the creator of Witch Hunt. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linear gameplay, and atmosphere.