Single-player games like Tales of Fear - Episode Zero
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Tales of Fear - Episode Zero, 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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Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
Single-player alternative to Tales of Fear - Episode Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of Fear - Episode Zero.
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to Tales of Fear - Episode Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of Fear - Episode Zero.
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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Visage
Single-player alternative to Tales of Fear - Episode Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of Fear - Episode Zero.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Tales of Fear - Episode Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of Fear - Episode Zero.
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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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Tales of Fear - Episode Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of Fear - Episode Zero.
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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Re:Turn - One Way Trip
Single-player alternative to Tales of Fear - Episode Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of Fear - Episode Zero.
Re:Turn - One Way Trip is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure horror game. Trapped in a ghostly train, Saki must search the past and present to find and save her friends. More importantly, Saki must use her wits if she is to survive against an unspeakable evil hellbent on avenging unrequited love.
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DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to Tales of Fear - Episode Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of Fear - Episode Zero.
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to Tales of Fear - Episode Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of Fear - Episode Zero.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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Midnight Heist
Single-player alternative to Tales of Fear - Episode Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of Fear - Episode Zero.
Go on heists through Midnight City alone or with up to four players to fulfill tasks as a hacker for various organizations. Improve your reputation, earn money, and uncover the secrets of shady companies all while being hunted by terrifying entities.
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Psych
Single-player alternative to Tales of Fear - Episode Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of Fear - Episode Zero.
Experience the story of Alexander Green and find out what happened on the day of the accident in this First Person horror Adventure. Follow the development of Alex, solve puzzles around the event and try not to fall into madness as you search for answers.
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Murder Castle
Single-player alternative to Tales of Fear - Episode Zero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of Fear - Episode Zero.
After trying to start a new life, you find yourself trapped in H.H. Holmes' Murder Castle. Your mission is to escape his prison of death. Each room presents you with a new challenge and reveals something about the story behind H.H. Holmes. Can you escape the architect of death?