Single-player games like Darkphobia
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Darkphobia, 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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韦弗利山 - Waverly Hills
Single-player alternative to Darkphobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darkphobia.
A real-time exploration horror game. You will explore an abandoned hospital in the game and search for key items to escape from birth. Please beware of those fears from darkness and unknown.
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Late Homework | 遅れた宿題
Single-player alternative to Darkphobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkphobia.
Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments and must retrieve them by traversing a world of haunted horrors. Explore the dilapidated halls, find your missing homework, and avoid whatever's lurking around the corner in this bite-sized, retro survival horror experience.
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Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Single-player alternative to Darkphobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkphobia.
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
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The Heilwald Loophole
Single-player alternative to Darkphobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkphobia.
The Heilwald Klinikum used to be one of the most renowned medical facilities in Germany. That all changed when that curious loophole appeared...
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The Backrooms Project
Single-player alternative to Darkphobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darkphobia.
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?
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Never Again
Single-player alternative to Darkphobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkphobia.
Never Again - Horror/first-person Quest. The main essence of the game is research locations and puzzles, plunging in the dramatic story of a little girl suffering from asthma.
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Mundaun
Single-player alternative to Darkphobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkphobia.
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Darkphobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkphobia.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.