Single-player games like Layers of Fear (2016)
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Layers of Fear (2016), 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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Ritual Static
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
"Do you think a house can dream?" Ritual Static is a surreal first-person photography horror game following a young man in his childhood home the day before a big move. Surf the television, sink into static, and rot in the dark.
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Most Quietly
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
The game, that supposed to be an ordinary, but developer accidentally made a fatal error, that completely brokes the game, and transforms it into a horror-game. Now, your goal is to somehow, fix the fatal error.
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Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
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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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
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.
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REVEIL
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
REVEIL is a narrative first-person psycho-thriller game that focuses on story, puzzles and exploration. Find out what’s going on inside Walter Thompson and what his dark past at the Nelson Bros Circus has to do with it.
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Rise of Insanity
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
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Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
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Layers of Fear
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
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>observer_
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
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PT+
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Layers of Fear (2016).
Use virtual reality to learn how to stretch and exercise your neck
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The Medium
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
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.
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Blair Witch
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
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Blair Witch VR
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
Blair Witch: VR Edition is a story-driven psychological horror game from the creative minds behind the critically acclaimed The Medium. Experience first-hand the toll that fear can take on the mind in an original story inspired by the cinematic lore of Blair Witch, designed for Virtual Reality.
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A-Men
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
What is A-Men?Classic puzzle-platformer, inspired by some oldschool titles like Lemmings and Lost Vikings. What is A-Men like?Hard. No holding your hand, no easy levels, we want to challenge you. If you are a casual, A-Men is not for you.
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A-Men 2
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers of Fear (2016).
Prepare yourself for another journey through series of new worlds, featuring multiple challenges with many ways to pass a level and resolve puzzles. A-MEN 2 allows you to hang out with your good, old friends once more.
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BRAWL
Single-player alternative to Layers of Fear (2016) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Layers of Fear (2016).
The most explosive competitive arena game of the year has arrived on Steam! Battle it out in this heavily skilled-reliant bomb bonanza, controlling one of eight unique characters, each possessing their own deadly skillset that adds speed and tactical depth to the oldschool gameplay.