Single-player games like The spring
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The spring, 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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家屋探索 -Japanese House Exploration-
Single-player alternative to The spring — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The spring.
『Japanese House Exploration』is a first-person puzzle horror adventure game set in a traditional Japanese house. You explore a house that is both eerie and nostalgic. To find a dear friend.
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Resident Fear : Redistribution
Single-player alternative to The spring — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
"Survive a zombie nightmare in 'Resident Fear: Redistribution.' Explore, solve puzzles, and confront the undead in this thrilling horror adventure from Gamesoft Studios."
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Zombie Hell: Infected City
Single-player alternative to The spring — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
Zombie Hell is an FPS where you take on the role of the head of a family – a father fighting for his family's survival, lest they all meet a grim end at the rotting hands of a zombie horde in an apocalyptic city.
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Cold Nights
Single-player alternative to The spring — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
A quiet house. A long night. Keep the lights on - or find out what happens when they fade. Cold Nights is a grounded psychological horror about staying calm when your home turns against you. The lights flicker, the power drops, and the silence grows heavier with every minute.
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Stone Wars
Single-player alternative to The spring — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
With a strong military career, Selin is drawn into a conflict between humanity and aliens after an urgent mission call interrupts her family dinner. Investigating a mysterious object that crashed on Earth, Selin forms alliances to uncover the aliens' true intentions and guide humanity's future.
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AccidentHouse
Single-player alternative to The spring — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
【This is the fear of someone trapped in a dark, abandoned house.】 This evolving short horror game, which was developed by a 19 year old Japanese student, is coming to Steam!
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Insomnia is Coming
Single-player alternative to The spring — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
INSOMNIA IS COMING. You won’t sleep. In a world without rules, you sink into chaos – drugs, alcohol, betrayal. Each choice drags you deeper. A psychological FPS horror about guilt and sin, where sleepless nights blur reality and force you to face truth… or the end.
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Absolute Fear -AOONI- / 最恐 -青鬼-
Single-player alternative to The spring — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The spring.
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.