Single-player games like V.E.N.T.
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to V.E.N.T., 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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POOLSIDE MEMORY
Single-player alternative to V.E.N.T. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with V.E.N.T..
A first-person chase horror set in endless liminal poolrooms. Scattered memories, multiple endings — and a world that rebuilds itself into a new nightmare every run.
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HORROR TALES: The Wine
Single-player alternative to V.E.N.T. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with V.E.N.T..
Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to V.E.N.T. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with V.E.N.T..
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to V.E.N.T. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with V.E.N.T..
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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The Light Keeps Us Safe
Single-player alternative to V.E.N.T. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with V.E.N.T..
THE LIGHT KEEPS US SAFE is a procedurally-generated apocalypse in which only The Light can save us. Use stealth and evasion to avoid terrifying machines that patrol the desolate world, and employ the powers of Light to unpick their deadly traps.
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Bughouse
Single-player alternative to V.E.N.T. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with V.E.N.T..
Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to V.E.N.T. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with V.E.N.T..
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to V.E.N.T. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with V.E.N.T..
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.