Single-player games like Descendant of Night
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Descendant of Night, 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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The Crimson Hunt
Single-player alternative to Descendant of Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of Night.
You play as Victoria, a vampire hunter haunted by her past, and Eleanor, a young woman trapped in a nightmare that has only just begun. Together, they must endure grotesque creatures, hidden traps, and a presence that seems to know them better than they realize.
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Echograph
Single-player alternative to Descendant of Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of Night.
photograph ghosts, crack environmental puzzles, manage limited resources, and unravel the mystery behind a generational family curse in this classic survival horror experience.
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Hear Tell of Hauntings
Single-player alternative to Descendant of Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of Night.
Deep in the mountains of wild west-era Montana, former outlaw Adelaide Clancy ventures to the desolate remains of the Wraith estate in this third-person survival horror game.
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Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Single-player alternative to Descendant of Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Descendant of Night.
(Release: 2014) Special agent Leon S. Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the U.S. President’s daughter who has been kidnapped.
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Daymare: 1998
Single-player alternative to Descendant of Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of Night.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
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Resident Evil 5
Single-player alternative to Descendant of Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Descendant of Night.
This game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.
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The Haunted: Hells Reach
Single-player alternative to Descendant of Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of Night.
Winner of 2010′s Make Something Unreal contest, The Haunted: Hells Reach is a fast-paced horror game where your goal is to liberate cursed places and survive the assault of Hell.
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Alien Shooter 2 - New Era
Single-player alternative to Descendant of Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Descendant of Night.
A desert, an abandoned city, cramped underground corridors of MAGMAs research centers, and for hundreds of kilometers around there is only darkness and thousands of monsters coming from all sides. You have only two options - to achieve your goal or die.