Single-player games like Possession
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Possession, 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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Don't Be Afraid
Single-player alternative to Possession — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Possession.
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
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Don't Be Afraid 2
Single-player alternative to Possession — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Possession.
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Possession — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Possession.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to Possession — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Possession.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to Possession — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Possession.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to Possession — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Possession.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
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Rise of Insanity
Single-player alternative to Possession — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Possession.
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
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Gray Dawn
Single-player alternative to Possession — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Possession.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
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The Overnight Screening
Single-player alternative to Possession — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Possession.
The story unfolds through the eyes of a first-person protagonist. While working part-time at an old movie theater, the protagonist begins to experience strange and unexplainable events. You must survive the presence that lurks within the theater and uncover hidden clues to reach a meaningful ending.