Single-player games like O.B.O.L
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to O.B.O.L, 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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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to O.B.O.L — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with O.B.O.L.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Still Wakes the Deep
Single-player alternative to O.B.O.L — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with O.B.O.L.
1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
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Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to O.B.O.L — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with O.B.O.L.
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
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The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
Single-player alternative to O.B.O.L — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with O.B.O.L.
YOU are a psychiatrist, trying to solve a murder whilst treating the unusual patients of the recently deceased Doctor Dekker. Type a question - patients reply in full screen video and have questions for you too but be careful what you say. Your words determine their eventual fates, and your own!
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to O.B.O.L — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with O.B.O.L.
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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Stirring Abyss
Single-player alternative to O.B.O.L — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with O.B.O.L.
Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to O.B.O.L — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with O.B.O.L.
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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Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
Single-player alternative to O.B.O.L — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with O.B.O.L.
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
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Lexispell
Single-player alternative to O.B.O.L — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with O.B.O.L.
Strategy meets physics, in this roguelike word game, where you combine spelling with cool upgrades to score high. Spell, m€rge, upgr@de, coz¥, combinati*ns, high$core, hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia!