Single-player games like Call of Cthulhu®
Below are 23 single-player Steam games similar to Call of Cthulhu®, 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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The Sinking City Remastered
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Sinking City Remastered brings the eerie, atmospheric world of Oakmont back to life with enhanced gameplay and fully relit environments, perfect for both newcomers and returning players.
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Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
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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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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Saint Kotar
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.
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Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
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Mothership Down
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
130+ unique goals to achieve in over 50 levels in this physics-based retro puzzle game! Control a fleet of tiny, colorful lunar landers, piloting through puzzling moon caves. Scrape by with scrappy first flights, then re-engineer a perfect solution to earn bonus stars.
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Liminal Horror
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
You wake up trapped in a strange swimming pool. A 20-minute psychological horror experience where familiar spaces transform into alien nightmares. There are no monsters. Only you, an endless maze of water, and your slowly dissolving grip on reality.
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Vampyr
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Call of Cthulhu®.
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
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Condemned: Criminal Origins
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
What twists the mind of an ordinary human into a serial killer?
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Penumbra Overture
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
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Vagabond
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
Explore procedurally generated living worlds in this 2D sandbox RPG. Meet hundreds of characters in cities, complete quests, craft powerful items, buy and furnish your home or fight monsters in dungeons.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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Styx: Master of Shadows
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.
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Styx: Shards of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
Styx returns in a new stealth adventure! Explore and master huge open environments, sneak past or assassinate new enemies and bosses, and experiment with the new array of lethal abilities and weapons in our goblin assassin's arsenal.
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Blood Bowl 3
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Brutal, crazy, tactical… this is BLOOD BOWL! The iconic death sport returns with the new video game of fantasy football faithfully using the latest board game rules and new content. Create your team, then crush, mulch and cheat your way to the top... leaving your opponents in the graveyard.
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Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
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Of Orcs And Men
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Call of Cthulhu®.
You have been appointed to fulfill an extremely dangerous mission, deep in enemy territory: to kill one man... the Emperor himself. Lead the revolution of the Orcs and Goblins!
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Rogue Lords
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Call of Cthulhu®.
A dark fantasy roguelike where you play as the Devil! Lead famous evil geniuses through events and turn-based fights to spread terror and corruption. Create synergies between your disciples, use your evil powers and take revenge on those miserable Demon Hunters.
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Call of Cthulhu®.
You are Cahal, a powerful Garou who chose to go into exile after losing control of his destructive rage. He can transform into a wolf and a Crinos, a huge ferocious beast. Master your three forms and their powers to punish those who defile Gaia.
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Space Hulk: Tactics (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Call of Cthulhu® — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Space Hulk: Tactics is a faithful adaptation of the board game Space Hulk, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, bringing a unique twist to the cult classic formula. Engage in bloody battles as either a squad of Terminator Space Marines or the deadly alien Genestealers.