Single-player games like The Nightmare
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Nightmare, 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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Hidden Shelter
Single-player alternative to The Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Death lurks in every corner of this journey filled with tension and despair. The brave may not be the smartest here and those who know the time to retreat are more likely to make it out alive in the end ... Find your lost friend in a house that holds unimaginable secrets.
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THE MADHOUSE | Infected Mansion
Single-player alternative to The Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
THE MADHOUSE | Infected Mansion is a survival horror game. Contains Fear, Stealth, Exploration/Puzzle solving, Item management. Moreover "Multiple First-Person Views" provides a new level of fear, immersion, strategy. Steal the vision of "something" lurking in the abandoned house and try to survive.
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Y. Village - The Visitors
Single-player alternative to The Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
Batu, tormented by nightmares, is lured to a nameless village via cryptic letters. Investigating the village's secrets with just one friend, he wakes one night to discover his ally gone. He must now locate his friend and elude the village's dark mysteries.
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Below Nowhere
Single-player alternative to The Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
The Meat Man is here. Below Nowhere is a first-person survival horror game that will pull you into the depths of evil. While exploring strange memories that aren't yours, you will be pushed to your limits in this terrifying tale of humanity and second chances.
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鬼打墙（剧情版）
Single-player alternative to The Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
This is a horror game adapted from the Chinese folklore. Players need to decrypt and collect key items in different stages. Ultimately find a way to escape the foggy forest. While searching for an exit, players will be disturbed by ghosts, players need to avoid the ghosts and evade their attacks.
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Bughouse
Single-player alternative to The Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
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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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to The Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Nightmare.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol
Single-player alternative to The Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol is a first-person survival horror game inspired by Junji Ito's psychological horror and eerie aesthetics. This work centers on the twisted potential of human nature and fear of the unknown, taking you on a journey of survival where memory and mystery intertwine.