Single-player games like NO BACKUP
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to NO BACKUP, 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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Backrooms: Extractions
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
Cooperate with up to 6 players to explore, search, and extract lost agents within the Backrooms. Solve puzzles, unlock tools, survive against entities, and progress through increasingly dangerous levels.
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Species: Unknown
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
Species: Unknown is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror. Complete high-risk missions aboard an abandoned ship while being hunted by an unknown creature. Survive and upgrade your gear to face each new threat that lurks in the dark.
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CRYO
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
CRYO is a multiplayer co-op survival horror for 1-4 players. You have been deployed by your company to various locations around the Antarctic due to communication issues. What awaits you in these dark, remote regions is far more sinister than a technical fault...
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Emissary Zero
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with NO BACKUP.
Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive.
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Nuclear Nightmare
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
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The Devourer: Hunted Souls
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
Play as a paranormal investigator in our hybrid between first person survival and psychological horror story game. Investigate a haunted forest with up to 5 players CO-OP, try to lift the curse, experience a tragic story and take decisions together. Will you survive or will you lose your soul?
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PANICORE
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice.
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The Other Side
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
The Other Side is a co-op psychological thriller for up to 6 players. Your goal is to investigate haunted locations using modern ghost hunting equipment, gather evidence, identify entities, and cleanse them from the location. Customize your character, headquarters, and more.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with NO BACKUP.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Ready or Not
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
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It Mimics
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
"It Mimics" is a short indie horror game heavily inspired by the original Slender The Eight Pages game. Step into the shoes of an unknown protagonist, collect the eight pages, and survive being followed by something lurking in the woods.
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Schedule I
Single-player alternative to NO BACKUP — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with NO BACKUP.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.