Single-player games like PAC-SIDE
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to PAC-SIDE, 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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Backrooms 95
Single-player alternative to PAC-SIDE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PAC-SIDE.
Explore eerie liminal spaces in a low-poly Backrooms horror experience inspired by the aesthetics of forgotten 90s technology.
- 2
Barbotine
Single-player alternative to PAC-SIDE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PAC-SIDE.
An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.
- 3
Heart attack
Single-player alternative to PAC-SIDE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with PAC-SIDE.
There are ghosts in the dark, in order to survive you need to light your way, but all the items for this are limited.
- 4
Christmas Story
Single-player alternative to PAC-SIDE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PAC-SIDE.
Christmas Story is a horror game filled with Christmas warmth and coziness, where every festive light hides darkness, and the sense of comfort fades with every step you take.
- 5
Hatch
Single-player alternative to PAC-SIDE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with PAC-SIDE.
"Hatch is a single-player, first-person horror game. You find a hatch in your room and strange things start to happen to you. You are the target of psycho killers. You have to find the truth behind the hatch and escape from the crazy world.
- 6
NIGHTSLINK
Single-player alternative to PAC-SIDE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PAC-SIDE.
You are the Nightslink. Traverse abandoned roads under cover of night. Deliver cassette tapes in a post-apocalyptic world. An atmospheric retro-3D horror adventure.
- 7
KARMA: The Dark World
Single-player alternative to PAC-SIDE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PAC-SIDE.
KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.
- 8
Lair of Torment
Single-player alternative to PAC-SIDE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PAC-SIDE.
This is an indie horror game with first-person puzzles. Terror and fear have enveloped the city. The maniac has returned. You sneak into his lair to try and stop him before he goes too far...
- 9
SHOTRUN
Single-player alternative to PAC-SIDE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with PAC-SIDE.
One shot. One kill. SHOTRUN throws you into a brutal office nightmare where only the fastest survive. Blast your way through and reach The Manager at any cost.