Single-player games like Dark Fear
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Dark Fear, 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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The Last Door - Collector's Edition
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Fear.
Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.
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Chronicle of Innsmouth
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dark Fear.
Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.
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Quest for Infamy
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Fear.
Wealth. Women. Wildly offbeat jokes. Lie, cheat, steal, and embrace your inner rogue. Being bad has never felt so good.
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Stories Untold
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Fear.
Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.
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An English Haunting
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dark Fear.
While looking for the existence of the Great Beyond, Professor Patrick Moore, aided by a fake medium, will build a device to see the other side, embark on a search for a millenary artifact, and investigate the most haunted manor of 1907 England.
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The Charnel House Trilogy
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Fear.
Witness The Charnel House Trilogy, the chronicle of one fateful night aboard a train bound for Augur Peak. Three thrilling, horrifying adventure games in one, from the depths of the Sepulchre, starring Madeleine Roux, Peter Willington, Jonathan Grier, Jim Sterling, and Ben Chandler as Grub.
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Shadowgate
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Fear.
Thrust into the role of "The Seed of Prophecy," players travel deep into the living castle, in hopes of defeating the evil that dwells within – the dreaded Warlock Lord.
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Dead Secret
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Fear.
Dead Secret is a first-person horror mystery set in rural Kansas in 1965. A reclusive professor is dead and it’s up to you to crack the case before you become the next victim. Investigate the murder and explore the story Time Magazine called “captivating” and “deeply creepy” .
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Hero of the Kingdom
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Fear.
Lovely adventuring RPG series. Casual, story-driven journey and quests. Your home has been raided. Your father is missing. Set off on a dangerous journey to save him, and become the hero of the kingdom.
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Cube Escape Collection
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology you follow the path of Dale and Laura and other famous Rusty lake characters such as Mr. Crow and Mr. Owl. The series will be updated, preserved and bundled to survive the end of the Flash Games era.
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Uninvited Guest
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Fear.
Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.
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Unwelcome
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Fear.
Stay alive in this weird and peculiar horror experience. What begins as a game between friends turns into a race for your life. Take a breath and enter the house.
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Abandoned Cabins in the Woods
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Fear.
Abandoned Cabins in the Woods is a 2D Top-Down Survival Horror game based on the story of a paranormal investigator and streamer called Thomas who decided to investigate the haunted Idaho woods for the paranormal evidence upon the request of his fans.
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Time Snatcher Handy
Single-player alternative to Dark Fear — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dark Fear.
The universe's greatest cat burglar? The ultimate phantom thief across dimensions? Nah... Time Snatcher Handy, that's me! A time-stop bullet-hell action roguelike starring "Handy" the stylish cat burglar! Stop the time to dodge bullets, gather items to get stronger, and escape the Time Museum!