Single-player games like SUBJECT 404
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SUBJECT 404, 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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Tear Factory
Single-player alternative to SUBJECT 404 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.
A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.
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Stuff to do
Single-player alternative to SUBJECT 404 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.
A puzzle-based horror game where you must investigate an abandoned game to unravel the whereabouts of its developers. Do stuff. Check your pulse. Escape the rabbit hole.
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Lost Alone Ep.1 - Sorellina
Single-player alternative to SUBJECT 404 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.
Growing up with his paternal grandmother, George emerges from the spiral of alcohol addiction by meeting his fiancée Hanna. But his childhood traumas will soon return to haunt him, pushing him into the abyss of despair.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to SUBJECT 404 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.
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.
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While We Wait Here
Single-player alternative to SUBJECT 404 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with SUBJECT 404.
Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.
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The Elision Effect
Single-player alternative to SUBJECT 404 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.
The Elision Effect is a short surreal puzzle game. The last person finds themselves in an empty office. The place seems off, like it shouldn’t exist. Not knowing what made everyone abandon these liminal spaces, they look for an exit.
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Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Single-player alternative to SUBJECT 404 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
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NIGHTSLINK
Single-player alternative to SUBJECT 404 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SUBJECT 404.
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.