Single-player games like Stay Close
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Stay Close, 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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Pacify
Single-player alternative to Stay Close — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
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Fear Therapy
Single-player alternative to Stay Close — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Stay Close.
Fear Therapy, is a multiplayer(1-4) and single player psychological horror game.Try to complete the quests and leave the horror house before it is too late! Satan getting angrier every second and nothing holding it back.
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PILGRIM
Single-player alternative to Stay Close — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
Pilgrim is a medieval-based, co-op horror, adventure. Can you and your friends make it to the end of The Road?
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White Noise 2
Single-player alternative to Stay Close — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!
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Inside the Backrooms
Single-player alternative to Stay Close — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Stay Close.
Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...
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Backrooms: Escape Together
Single-player alternative to Stay Close — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
A visually lifelike co-op horror for 1-6 people. Journey through 10 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.
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BIGFOOT
Single-player alternative to Stay Close — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
You are a Bigfoot hunter with an important mission: to put an end to rumours once and for all and prove to yourself that Bigfoot is not just a myth or an invention of the mind...
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Chased by Darkness
Single-player alternative to Stay Close — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
Chased by Darkness is a 1-4 players co-op survival horror. Your mission is to face supernatural entities and banish them to the spiritual plane. Explore, fight enemies and don't let the darkness reach you.