Single-player games like Dad's Office 1998
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dad's Office 1998, 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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Ghost Frequency
Single-player alternative to Dad's Office 1998 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dad's Office 1998.
In Ghost Frequency, you are a ghost hunter from PIT - Paranormal Investigation Team. Your mission is to locate a sinister spirit using the EMF Ghost Detector to track paranormal activity, the IR Thermal Camera to reveal hidden entities, and the EVP Digital Recorder to capture eerie voices.
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The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes
Single-player alternative to Dad's Office 1998 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
"The Backrooms: Unseen Tapes" is a first-person survival horror game where you navigate a maze-like, ever-changing procedurally generated environment. With stealth, speed, and strategy, evade monsters and conserve limited resources to maintain your sanity and escape this nightmarish dimension.
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LATITUDE OF THE CULT
Single-player alternative to Dad's Office 1998 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dad's Office 1998.
Latitude of the Cult blends psychological horror with stealth, combat, and exploration. Face fanatics and unpredictable threats as you fight, hide, and survive across hostile environments where tension, choice, and atmosphere shape every encounter and the reality around you.
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HEAVY AS STONE
Single-player alternative to Dad's Office 1998 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dad's Office 1998.
You’re sick. So is the city. Explore a crumbling Terminal that loops when you die. Solve cursed investigations. Weaponize your symptoms. Find the truth, or spiral with it.
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Deflector: Specimen Zero
Single-player alternative to Dad's Office 1998 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dad's Office 1998.
Wield Eradicator’s boomerang in high-octane bullet hell roguelite action. Enter the trial for the cure to a deadly virus in the hostile microcosm of Deflector. Repel enemy projectiles, evolve with collected DNA and strike down all opposition.
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Paranormal Cleanup
Single-player alternative to Dad's Office 1998 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dad's Office 1998.
Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!
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Exit From
Single-player alternative to Dad's Office 1998 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dad's Office 1998.
Exit From - is a first-person horror-stealth game with quest and procedural generation elements where you have to get out of the old Soviet house, which changes every new game.
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Stela
Single-player alternative to Dad's Office 1998 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dad's Office 1998.
Stela is a cinematic, atmospheric platformer about a young woman witnessing the final days of a mysterious ancient world.