Single-player games like The Urbexan Files
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Urbexan Files, 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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Unhuman Nightmare
Single-player alternative to The Urbexan Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Urbexan Files.
Unhuman Nightmare is a 4 player online co-op game where a team of thieves want to steal items from haunted places. What they don't know is that the places are full of traps set by ghosts. Chances are, they'll not escape alive...
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Obscuris
Single-player alternative to The Urbexan Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Urbexan Files.
Co-op horror for 1–6 players set in modern Japan. Play as Japanese high school girls, explore eerie locations (some procedurally generated), collect Obscure at night, meet deadly quotas, and escape before dawn. Customize your character. Story mode not yet available.
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Wraithgate
Single-player alternative to The Urbexan Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Urbexan Files.
DeepSalvage is a 1-4 player co-op horror extraction game set deep below ground. Explore abandoned facilities, recover valuable cargo, scan unknown signals, avoid hostile entities, and return with enough salvage before darkness, weight, and fear break the team.
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DRYN: Don't Reveal Your Next
Single-player alternative to The Urbexan Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Urbexan Files.
An online co-op horror game for up to 6 players. Scavenge dangerous, abandoned environments for valuable loot to meet the Company's strict profit quota. Survive unpredictable monsters, manage your gear, and work together to escape alive.
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Survive
Single-player alternative to The Urbexan Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Urbexan Files.
SURVIVE is a 6 player multiplayer horror game. Survive a killer in different environments, accomplish objectives and call the police to escape.
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Paranormal Cleanup
Single-player alternative to The Urbexan Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Urbexan Files.
Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!
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CRYO
Single-player alternative to The Urbexan Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Urbexan Files.
CRYO is a multiplayer co-op survival horror for 1-4 players. You have been deployed by your company to various locations around the Antarctic due to communication issues. What awaits you in these dark, remote regions is far more sinister than a technical fault...
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Odd Remedy
Single-player alternative to The Urbexan Files — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with The Urbexan Files.
Escape the open-world island infested with monster spiders while on duty as a prisoner with your friends. Loot the city, destroy the caves, take some selfies on the way out in your car before you set sail.