Single-player games like Pyromaniac
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Pyromaniac, 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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File Destined
Single-player alternative to Pyromaniac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.
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The Backrooms Project
Single-player alternative to Pyromaniac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?
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Visage
Single-player alternative to Pyromaniac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
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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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Pyromaniac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
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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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to Pyromaniac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to Pyromaniac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
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Outlast 2
Single-player alternative to Pyromaniac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
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Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Pyromaniac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
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Half-Life 2
Single-player alternative to Pyromaniac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pyromaniac.
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
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Cry of Fear
Single-player alternative to Pyromaniac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
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POSTAL
Single-player alternative to Pyromaniac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pyromaniac.
Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action.
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Grey Goo
Single-player alternative to Pyromaniac — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
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Slowdrive
Single-player alternative to Pyromaniac — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pyromaniac.
Slowdrive is a racing game about the lost sloth who trying to get back home. He will drive many twisted tricky roads with multiple routes and even moving platforms.