Single-player games like Playback
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Playback, 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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Vilomah
Single-player alternative to Playback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Playback.
Play as Jake, a teen Pizza Delivery driver on the late shift - until things get BLOODY! Try to escape this DEMENTED Farm with your life! Features PS1, & OPTIONAL 80's VHS Graphics.
- 2
The Lost Gallery
Single-player alternative to Playback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Playback.
Works of art are attacking people, turning an exhibition into a bloodbath in a single night. At the same time, you – a phantom thief – happen to be there to steal a valuable masterpiece.
- 3
The Backrooms Project
Single-player alternative to Playback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Playback.
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?
- 4
Trenches - World War 1 Horror Survival Game
Single-player alternative to Playback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Playback.
Trenches is a First-Person World War l Survival Horror Game where you have to escape the claustrophobic environment and experience the war from the eyes of a soldier caught behind enemy lines in this surreal nightmare as you fight for your life and sanity to get back home to your family.
- 5
Bughouse
Single-player alternative to Playback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Playback.
Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!
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Psych
Single-player alternative to Playback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Playback.
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
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Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼-
Single-player alternative to Playback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Playback.
20 years after the birth of the legendary horror game "AOONI"... A completely new first-person, 3D horror stealth action "Absolute Fear -AOONI-" is now available! Players take on the role of a younger sister searching for her older sister in a mysterious mansion where AOONI roam.
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Among Ashes
Single-player alternative to Playback — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Playback.
Among Ashes is a terrifying first-person survival horror game. Your friend has sent you a link to a game that someone posted online, but as you play you quickly realise that something is terribly wrong. Whatever you do… K̴͉͚̗̅̃̄E̷͓̤̺̊͠E̴̤̰̿̽P̴̠̳̀́ ̴̨̮̭̕̚P̷̠͇̳͐̓̀L̶̹̔Ả̷̧Y̵̘̺͆̓Ï̸̻̏͂N̷͙̯͊G̵͖̹̠̽̿