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Single-player games like Kidnapped

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Kidnapped, 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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    House Of Horror: Outside Is Better — Steam game cover

    House Of Horror: Outside Is Better

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kidnapped.

    House of Horror: Outside Is Better is a first-person psychological survival horror game with FPS mechanics. Explore a facility consumed by madness, solve puzzles, manage scarce resources, and survive using your wits and a dynamo-powered flashlight, where every shadow can become a deadly threat.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paraplasm: Beyond the Veil — Steam game cover

    Paraplasm: Beyond the Veil

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kidnapped.

    You fell into this cursed house! But will you be able to cope with the paranormal activity? Solve the puzzles and try to find your way out!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Room 208 — Steam game cover

    Room 208

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kidnapped.

    Victor Rockford, a spiritual medium has been asked to use his otherworldly abilities to stop the EVIL that resides inside Room 208 of 'The Great Leaf Hotel'. Does he have what it takes to put a stop EVIL? Or will the EVIL claim yet another victim?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Broken Memories — Steam game cover

    Broken Memories

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kidnapped.

    Broken Memories is a first-person horror adventure game based on a person's story where he travels to another world in search of his dead wife's memories. you need to escape from the evil souls in order to survive. Moreover, few puzzles are added to the game, making gameplay more varied.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nulla Via — Steam game cover

    Nulla Via

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kidnapped.

    NULLA VIA is a WW2 psychological horror set in a preserved, abandoned war town. Explore silent ruins, bunkers, and mass graves where life was erased. Shadows cannot be killed by bullets alone. Use your camera, your weapons, and your sanity to survive. This town was never rebuilt for a reason.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deadly Broadcast — Steam game cover

    Deadly Broadcast

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kidnapped.

    Deadly Broadcast is a co-op horror and survival game that can be played with 1-4 players. As a Famous Streamer, you have to stay alive, but at the same time you should stream the paranormal events in the cursed places to gather more donations and more viewers. Don’t die! Don’t cut the Broadcast!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FIRE AND ASHES — Steam game cover

    FIRE AND ASHES

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kidnapped.

    You wake up in a terrifying psychiatric hospital. Fire and Ashes is an immersive horror game where madness and reality blur, and every monster hears your scream… even beyond the hospital walls.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HELLSEED: All Chapters — Steam game cover

    HELLSEED: All Chapters

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kidnapped.

    HELLSEED is a first-person horror adventure that combines puzzles, action, and a chilling narrative. In a dark world full of supernatural threats, you’ll need to solve complex puzzles and manage your sanity. This isn’t just a fight for survival—it's a journey into the depths of terror.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SILENT HILL 2 — Steam game cover

    SILENT HILL 2

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Kidnapped.

    Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

    2024ActionAdventure34.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Quake — Steam game cover

    Quake

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Kidnapped.

    Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ALONE? — Steam game cover

    ALONE?

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kidnapped.

    Explore and experience this horror story, as you embark on an ghostly adventure unlike anything you have played before. Come face-to-face with terror itself as you look for your missing sister.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    THOSE DAMN ALIENS! VR — Steam game cover

    THOSE DAMN ALIENS! VR

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kidnapped.

    Aliens have boarded your ship; It's time to take arms and defend yourself from the incoming hive. 'Those Damn Aliens' is a VR wave based first person shooter with campaign and survival modes.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CYBER JOLT (VR) — Steam game cover

    CYBER JOLT (VR)

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kidnapped.

    An 80s Inspired Endless Flight Arcade Game. An infinite first person retro cyber set in a strange world of neon alien structures. VR ready.

    2017ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BOUNCED — Steam game cover

    BOUNCED

    Single-player alternative to Kidnapped — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Kidnapped.

    BOUNCED, is a beautiful low-poly 3D Platforming game that is easy to play, but hard to master.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →