Single-player games like PASTDARK
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to PASTDARK, 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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Bay 23
Single-player alternative to PASTDARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PASTDARK.
You're an expendable robot on the night shift. Haul packages through a procedurally generated warehouse, dodge a hunting AI and roaming sentinels, and get out before your battery dies. Co-op scavenger horror with full physics-based hauling.
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Backrooms: Echo
Single-player alternative to PASTDARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PASTDARK.
A co-op horror for 1–4 players inspired by the Backrooms. Procedurally generated levels, terrifying entities, and a realistic atmosphere powered by Unreal Engine 5. Every playthrough is a unique experience. Try to find the way out, but don’t trust everything you hear and see.
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SMS Returns
Single-player alternative to PASTDARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PASTDARK.
The 2012 viral phenomenon returns. A slender, faceless figure hunts you in your favourite maps rebuilt from the ground up, including the all-new Forest. Survive with friends in multiplayer, immerse yourself in VR, and build your own terrifying maps with the in-game editor. Will you survive?
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Dimension Defenders
Single-player alternative to PASTDARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PASTDARK.
Compete in ranked PvP tower defense, survive infinite dimension loops, or defend alongside a friend in online co-op. Build powerful turret combinations, adapt to ever-changing enemy paths, and climb a global ELO ladder.
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Puddle Pals
Single-player alternative to PASTDARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PASTDARK.
A cozy-chaotic co-op physics adventure where you play as frogs exploring a giant Aussie backyard. Jump, grapple, swing, stack, and cause playful chaos with toys, wildlife, and backyard contraptions in a sandbox full of silly discoveries.
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Halo: Campaign Evolved
Single-player alternative to PASTDARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with PASTDARK.
Halo: Campaign Evolved is a faithful yet modernized remake of Halo: Combat Evolved’s campaign, rebuilt from the ground up.
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False Horizons
Single-player alternative to PASTDARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with PASTDARK.
Explore and defend a dangerous frontier as a sheriff and their deputies. Gather resources, arm yourself, build defenses, and prepare your town for a constant fight for survival against mysterious alien threats.
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Escape: School
Single-player alternative to PASTDARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PASTDARK.
Escape: School is a 1~6 co-op multiplayer horror game set inside a school where an incident is happening. Cooperate with your friends, find the name of the student who has died and grieve to escape from this school!
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Cauldron Chaos: Brew Potions & Tidy Up
Single-player alternative to PASTDARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with PASTDARK.
Cauldron Chaos: Brew Potions & Tidy Up is an alchemy organization game enjoyable solo or co-op. Clean up 1000+ ingredients, refine them in multiple ways and brew almost 200 unique recipes to place them into correct shelves to transform the laboratory into a place filled with harmony & peace.
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Books Hate You
Single-player alternative to PASTDARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PASTDARK.
Escape a library where every book wants you dead. Dodge charging tomes, books that drop from above, and ledges that crumble the second you land on them across 29 levels of precision 3D platforming. Die once and you restart the level. Again. And again.