Single-player games like Barking from the Dark
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Barking from the Dark, 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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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to Barking from the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Barking from the Dark.
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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Ells Tales: Chairbound
Single-player alternative to Barking from the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Barking from the Dark.
You wake up tied to an office chair in the middle of an empty room. A mysterious device with a 10-minute timer is attached to you. Explore the office floors, try not to tip over, and find a way to escape!
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Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to Barking from the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Barking from the Dark.
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
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Dread Flats
Single-player alternative to Barking from the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Barking from the Dark.
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
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Pathologic 3
Single-player alternative to Barking from the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Barking from the Dark.
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.
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No, I'm not a Human
Single-player alternative to Barking from the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Barking from the Dark.
WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.
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Skinfreak
Single-player alternative to Barking from the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Barking from the Dark.
The city’s most disturbing serial killer is at large and has his sights set on Belle. Can she escape this maniac’s fleshy, rotting clutches? Or will she lose her skin to this sicko’s collection?
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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Barking from the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Barking from the Dark.
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.