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Single-player games like Alone After Dark: A Short Drive

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Alone After Dark: A Short Drive, 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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    Alone After Dark: Head Practitioner — Steam game cover

    Alone After Dark: Head Practitioner

    Single-player alternative to Alone After Dark: A Short Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Alone After Dark: A Short Drive.

    Attend to patients and fill out paperwork as 22-year-old Kimora Jackson on her first shift after graduating nursing school. Draw blood, administer medications, and try not to lose your head in the chilling hallways of Coldrock Medical Center.

    2026SimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Clink — Steam game cover

    Clink

    Single-player alternative to Alone After Dark: A Short Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone After Dark: A Short Drive.

    You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike — Steam game cover

    Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike

    Single-player alternative to Alone After Dark: A Short Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone After Dark: A Short Drive.

    Holly Gardner, a 19 year old on an interstate drive experiences unusual happenings that leads to an unplanned stay at a motel, little did she know what was transpiring down in Norwood Valley.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Night Bus — Steam game cover

    Night Bus

    Single-player alternative to Alone After Dark: A Short Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone After Dark: A Short Drive.

    Night Bus is a thrilling public transit simulator that costs less than a bus ticket! It's your first night on the job: Pick up passengers, take their fares, enjoy the beautiful countryside, and please ignore That Which Has No Eyes.

    2024IndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut — Steam game cover

    No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut

    Single-player alternative to Alone After Dark: A Short Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone After Dark: A Short Drive.

    A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.

    2020IndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pieces of me — Steam game cover

    Pieces of me

    Single-player alternative to Alone After Dark: A Short Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone After Dark: A Short Drive.

    “Pieces of Me” is not a classic horror game with jump scares, but a psychological thriller-drama in the walking simulator genre. It is a spin-off of “September 7th”

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    There's Something In The Ice — Steam game cover

    There's Something In The Ice

    Single-player alternative to Alone After Dark: A Short Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone After Dark: A Short Drive.

    In 2015, three scientists at the Antarctic research station "Zarya" drilled into the ice to a depth of 2 kilometers and took samples for study... It seems that what they found was not at all what they were looking for...

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation2.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout — Steam game cover

    Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout

    Single-player alternative to Alone After Dark: A Short Drive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alone After Dark: A Short Drive.

    Jack Nelson, a 24-year-old fire lookout, transferred to a new outpost. As he settled into his new home, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, little did he know what was transpiring down in Ironbark State Park.

    2023IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →