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Single-player games like CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror, 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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    METROLOGY — Steam game cover

    METROLOGY

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    METROLOGY is a First Person Horror set in the dark depths of the Underground Metro Transit System. Traverse endless tunnels while the horrors of the Underground haunt you. Uncover secrets, solve environmental puzzles and RUN. You do not want to be here. THEY do not want you here. Escape, if you can…

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zero Warning: Burnt Out — Steam game cover

    Zero Warning: Burnt Out

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    In this anomaly horror game, a boy has been abandoned in a burning train car. Spot the difference, decide when to push forward, and survive long enough to complete the rescue.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation4.24 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Asylum — Steam game cover

    Asylum

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    ASYLUM is an atmospheric first-person survival horror. Explore dark environments, hide from deadly creatures, and solve puzzles to survive. Listen to every sound and search for a way to escape in an atmosphere of constant threat.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Backrooms Anomaly: Pools — Steam game cover

    Backrooms Anomaly: Pools

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    Spot anomalies in a looping complex of empty poolrooms. Choose the correct exit and find the way out.

    2027AdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    What The Dog Remembers — Steam game cover

    What The Dog Remembers

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    A retro-style psychological horror game. Survive a week in a claustrophobic trailer, spot reality-breaking anomalies, and document your findings. Every night tests your perception. Every mistake has its price. Your dog knows.

    IndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minerooms — Steam game cover

    Minerooms

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    A minimalist game about digging through a deep, surreal tunnel. Upgrade your gear to go further, and uncover the dark secret of why no one returns from the depths.

    IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Housekeeper: Anomaly — Steam game cover

    Housekeeper: Anomaly

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    Scavenge abandoned apartments, cut on broken glass, fight anomalies, trade with the merchants, deceive them into buying bad products and most importantly - try to stay alive and care about yourself!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Echoes of the Living — Steam game cover

    Echoes of the Living

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    Echoes of the Living is a dark Classic Survival Horror inspired by the greatest hits from the 90's focused on reimagining visual horror, your goal is to make it out alive while uncovering the truth about the incident.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Apartament 1406: Horror — Steam game cover

    Apartament 1406: Horror

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    Apartment 1406 is an intense horror game, that challenges you to constantly survive in a hostile environment. Collect items to survive against limited ammo and creatures that lurk in the dark. Solve the puzzles and survive in this dark game.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    THE IMPOSSIBLE — Steam game cover

    THE IMPOSSIBLE

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    THE IMPOSSIBLE is a minimal perspective illusion puzzle game. You control a small square in the IMPOSSIBLE world and remember: nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Play With Me: Escape Room — Steam game cover

    Play With Me: Escape Room

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shop Tycoon: Prepare your wallet — Steam game cover

    Shop Tycoon: Prepare your wallet

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    Shop Tycoon is a store simulator. Create a supermarket, sex shop, games store or a store with good Polish vodka. Place your logo, hire employees, expand your car fleet, build offices and parking lots, create a chain of stores and more!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Resoraki: The racing — Steam game cover

    Resoraki: The racing

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    Take the wheel of a toy car and race on beautiful tracks in Poland, Finland, Australia, and Greece. Compete in championships, arcade, and time trials. Play solo or with a friend online (Remote Play Together) or locally. Buy now and take part in unforgettable races!

    2023ActionSportsIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rap Simulator: The Rap Game — Steam game cover

    Rap Simulator: The Rap Game

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    Rap Simulator is primarily a game with a good dose of humor. The action starts in the 1980s. The player takes on the role of a rapper who sets up their first music studio in a rented apartment.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Airhack: Hacking — Steam game cover

    Airhack: Hacking

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    You are a secret Agent who begins work for the Airem as Hacker. Hacking servers of global corporations for profit, stealing data, manipulate the stock market, modify peoples academic or criminal records, laundering money, erasing evidence, framing innocent people. Do not trust anyone.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Botty: Paper tales — Steam game cover

    Botty: Paper tales

    Single-player alternative to CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CHWÆST: A Creeping Parasite Horror.

    Botty: Paper tales is an atmospheric adventure made entirely of paper. Botty's little robot faces a different illusion to get out of the paper world.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →