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Single-player games like Mr. Grin's Final Act

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Mr. Grin's Final Act, 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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    Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition — Steam game cover

    Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition

    Single-player alternative to Mr. Grin's Final Act — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mr. Grin's Final Act.

    Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.

    2009ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Penumbra Overture — Steam game cover

    Penumbra Overture

    Single-player alternative to Mr. Grin's Final Act — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mr. Grin's Final Act.

    Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

    2009ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outlast — Steam game cover

    Outlast

    Single-player alternative to Mr. Grin's Final Act — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mr. Grin's Final Act.

    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.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Poppy Playtime — Steam game cover

    Poppy Playtime

    Single-player alternative to Mr. Grin's Final Act — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mr. Grin's Final Act.

    You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Evil Within — Steam game cover

    The Evil Within

    Single-player alternative to Mr. Grin's Final Act — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mr. Grin's Final Act.

    Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

    2014Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs — Steam game cover

    Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

    Single-player alternative to Mr. Grin's Final Act — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mr. Grin's Final Act.

    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.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Granny Remake — Steam game cover

    Granny Remake

    Single-player alternative to Mr. Grin's Final Act — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mr. Grin's Final Act.

    Granny Remake is a gripping horror game where you must escape from a sinister house chased by a cunning and relentless Granny. Choose from multiple escape routes: drive away in a car, call the police, or unlock the main door

    2023ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Venge — Steam game cover

    Venge

    Single-player alternative to Mr. Grin's Final Act — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mr. Grin's Final Act.

    Get ready to explore a movie studio that vanished into thin air, only to find yourself trapped in a twisted, alternate dimension where creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to ensure you never see the light of day again...

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →