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Single-player games like Dementium: The Ward

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Dementium: The Ward, 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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    Operator8 — Steam game cover

    Operator8

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dementium: The Ward.

    An unparalleled alien invasion has overwhelmed the Mining Block Facility on the moon Triton, leaving only death and horror in its wake. You are a mercenary known as Operator8 and you alone have been called in to bring a stop to this fierce attack. Destroy the hive mind at all costs!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beyond Horror: Episode One, A Father's Journey — Steam game cover

    Beyond Horror: Episode One, A Father's Journey

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dementium: The Ward.

    The game is the first episode of a survival horror first person adventure, featuring action, stealth, shooting and puzzle solving. Every chapter has a specific theme and will play differently according to the plot, with tons of references to the classics that made the horror genre what it is today.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lost in Vivo — Steam game cover

    Lost in Vivo

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dementium: The Ward.

    A horror game about claustrophobia. During a storm your service dog is forced down a broken sewer drain. You find the nearest sewer entrance and run in after it. Along the way you will meet others that are also stricken by abnormal or psychological fear.

    2018Indie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The LastOnesLeft — Steam game cover

    The LastOnesLeft

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dementium: The Ward.

    "The LastOnesLeft" is a first-person survival horror game where the player finds themselves in an abandoned village overrun by zombies. Uncover the truth about what happened by finding mysterious letters from an unknown source.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BEASTWATCH: Meat & Mayhem — Steam game cover

    BEASTWATCH: Meat & Mayhem

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dementium: The Ward.

    Beastwatch is a retro-style horror shooter in which you play a security guard working his first night in a slaughterhouse.

    2024Action11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Syndrome — Steam game cover

    Syndrome

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dementium: The Ward.

    Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.

    2016ActionAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beneath — Steam game cover

    Beneath

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dementium: The Ward.

    Beneath is a Lovecraft-inspired survival FPS. Scarce ammo, merciless enemies and a sense of the unknown combine in a 10+ hour, story-driven single player campaign, built for both veteran gamers and those seeking a challenging old school experience.

    2025ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gynophobia — Steam game cover

    Gynophobia

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dementium: The Ward.

    Gynophobia is a horror themed shooter about abnormal fear of women. Gynophobia is using classic first person shooter gameplay, to convey story about Mark, who is suffering from different phobias, including abnormal fear of woman.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Resident Evil Revelations — Steam game cover

    Resident Evil Revelations

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dementium: The Ward.

    Resident Evil® Revelations returns redefined for PC complete with high quality HD visuals, enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience.

    2013ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Resident Evil — Steam game cover

    Resident Evil

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dementium: The Ward.

    The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SILENT HILL 2 — Steam game cover

    SILENT HILL 2

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dementium: The Ward.

    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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    Black Moon Chronicles — Steam game cover

    Black Moon Chronicles

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    You are Wishmerill, a half-elf on a quest for power in a medieval world. Choose your side and lead your troops to victory!

    2016Strategy5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Xeodrifter — Steam game cover

    Xeodrifter

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dementium: The Ward.

    Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mutant Mudds Deluxe — Steam game cover

    Mutant Mudds Deluxe

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dementium: The Ward.

    Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixels and platforming fun!

    2013ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mutant Mudds Super Challenge — Steam game cover

    Mutant Mudds Super Challenge

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dementium: The Ward.

    Here comes a challenge! Mutant Mudds Super Challenge!! Over 40 levels filled with malicious mutant mudds. This adventure is designed for super players; featuring a host of new platforming challenges and unique boss fights that will test your skills.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hatch Tales: A Heroic Hookshot Adventure — Steam game cover

    Hatch Tales: A Heroic Hookshot Adventure

    Single-player alternative to Dementium: The Ward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dementium: The Ward.

    "Fiendishly addictive!" - Nintendo Life. A grapple-based platformer that nails precision, challenge, and variety. Play it. Beat it. Then build your own levels and share them with the world!

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →