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Single-player games like Boogeyman

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Boogeyman, 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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    Boogeyman 2 — Steam game cover

    Boogeyman 2

    Single-player alternative to Boogeyman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Boogeyman.

    Awoken in the night by your doll. Speaking as if it possesses a mind of its own. The doll warns you of a monster that has come to take you away.

    2017StrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Frosty Nights — Steam game cover

    Frosty Nights

    Single-player alternative to Boogeyman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Boogeyman.

    Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Obsessive Shadow — Steam game cover

    The Obsessive Shadow

    Single-player alternative to Boogeyman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Boogeyman.

    The Obsessive Shadow is a Survival Horror Game about a stalker you can't exactly Identify. With nothing but your eyes and a flashlight at your disposal, it's up to you to survive whatever horrific person or thing is out there watching you...

    2025ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Emily Wants To Play — Steam game cover

    Emily Wants To Play

    Single-player alternative to Boogeyman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Boogeyman.

    It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DEVOUR — Steam game cover

    DEVOUR

    Single-player alternative to Boogeyman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Boogeyman.

    DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.

    2021Indie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Don't Knock Twice — Steam game cover

    Don't Knock Twice

    Single-player alternative to Boogeyman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boogeyman.

    Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Persistence — Steam game cover

    The Persistence

    Single-player alternative to Boogeyman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Boogeyman.

    Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED — Steam game cover

    FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED

    Single-player alternative to Boogeyman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Boogeyman.

    Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted is a collection of classic and original mini-games set in the Five Nights universe. Experience the horror in flat (non-VR) mode or VR. Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are supported. A VR Headset is NOT required to play.

    2019ActionCasual29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Five Nights at Freddy's — Steam game cover

    Five Nights at Freddy's

    Single-player alternative to Boogeyman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Boogeyman.

    Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food! The main attraction is Freddy Fazbear, of course; and his two friends. They are animatronic robots, programmed to please the crowds!

    2014IndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Resident Evil 4 — Steam game cover

    Resident Evil 4

    Single-player alternative to Boogeyman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Boogeyman.

    Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

    2023ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Boogeyman 3 — Steam game cover

    Boogeyman 3

    Single-player alternative to Boogeyman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Boogeyman.

    A child lays awake in the light of the moon, unaware the Halloween curse will be starting soon. The radio crackles to life, a mysterious girl...

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →