Single-player games like Those Who Dwell
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Those Who Dwell, 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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Down the shaft
Single-player alternative to Those Who Dwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Those Who Dwell.
Down the Shaft is a first person horror game where you take on the duty to keep an Elder God forever contain within the cave. In order to do that, you must keep the machines that maim them active. But beware, their minions are on the loose and they won't let you do your job so easy.
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Drift
Single-player alternative to Those Who Dwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Those Who Dwell.
Stranded on a desolate deep-space outpost, your mission gone horrifically wrong, you must now face an unspeakable, monstrous foe. Explore the station's dark recesses, survive terrifying encounters, and confront your own tormented past in this narrative sci-fi horror experience.
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The Old Flesh of Nuraga
Single-player alternative to Those Who Dwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Those Who Dwell.
First person psychological horror game about treasure hunting with your grandpa. Search among the sands of Nuraga to unearth what's driving him mad. The Ancient Times are seeping out. Will you succumb to them?
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My Beautiful Faraway, Please Don't Be Cruel To Me
Single-player alternative to Those Who Dwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Those Who Dwell.
A dreamlike, half-remembered nowhere. Quietly wander through it, solve opaque puzzles, and meet strange figures as something beautiful unwinds.
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Chasing Static
Single-player alternative to Those Who Dwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Those Who Dwell.
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to Those Who Dwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Those Who Dwell.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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The Repairing Mantis
Single-player alternative to Those Who Dwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Those Who Dwell.
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
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Don't Be Afraid 2
Single-player alternative to Those Who Dwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Those Who Dwell.
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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Fall of Civilization
Single-player alternative to Those Who Dwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Those Who Dwell.
You play as a survivor of the end of the world, creating your own story, controlling a faction of people you choose how you live in the new world and what the rules are. Build up your economy and upgrade your base to draw in more survivors to your community.