Single-player games like ARCHIVE 1996
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to ARCHIVE 1996, 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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LOST ZION
Single-player alternative to ARCHIVE 1996 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ARCHIVE 1996.
Lost Zion is an atmospheric cyberpunk horror game. Awakened by a faint signal as a service bot, explore the forsaken megacity of Lost Zion. Uncover the Emperor's horrific secrets. Obey your sole command: Activate the Gravity Core.
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The Secret Story
Single-player alternative to ARCHIVE 1996 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ARCHIVE 1996.
What begins as a quiet night in an old hotel soon turns into a desperate fight for survival. As midnight approaches, Serena must uncover the truth, face her fears, and decide which path to take.
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Memories Loaming
Single-player alternative to ARCHIVE 1996 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ARCHIVE 1996.
A horror anthology about people working along a remote highway in Labrador, Canada. Try to remain balanced and lucid at your normal job. Also, there's a bear.
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The Backrooms Project
Single-player alternative to ARCHIVE 1996 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ARCHIVE 1996.
Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to ARCHIVE 1996 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ARCHIVE 1996.
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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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Single-player alternative to ARCHIVE 1996 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARCHIVE 1996.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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The ER: Patient Typhon
Single-player alternative to ARCHIVE 1996 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ARCHIVE 1996.
The ER: Patient Typhon is an atmosphere and exploration horror game where you are a young woman who has lost her arms. You have to use your wits, hide and run to survive this tale of deadly monsters and disturbing, environmental puzzles.
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Mirror Forge
Single-player alternative to ARCHIVE 1996 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARCHIVE 1996.
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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Smile Cities
Single-player alternative to ARCHIVE 1996 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ARCHIVE 1996.
Smile Cities is a third-person open-world coming-of-age PS2 Style game that follows Serena through two defining stages of her life.