Single-player games like Whalefall
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Whalefall, 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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Chernobylite Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Whalefall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Whalefall.
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
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A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead
Single-player alternative to Whalefall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Whalefall.
A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is a single-player horror adventure game inspired by the critically acclaimed blockbuster movie franchise. Survive in silence.
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Resident Evil Requiem
Single-player alternative to Whalefall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Whalefall.
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Whalefall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Whalefall.
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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Metro 2033 Redux
Single-player alternative to Whalefall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Whalefall.
In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.
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Amnesia: Rebirth
Single-player alternative to Whalefall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Whalefall.
A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.
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Bendy and the Dark Revival
Single-player alternative to Whalefall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Whalefall.
Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.
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KAMLA
Single-player alternative to Whalefall — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Whalefall.
Find a way out of an old mansion as a priest, you have been tasked to exorcise a woman who has been possessed. Solve puzzles and complete objectives to cure her demonic possession in this SURVIVAL HORROR experience.