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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The Lost
Single-player alternative to Stay Close — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
You survive a bombing from enemy planes, you are knocked out and on an island with no contact to the outside world.
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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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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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CASE 2: Animatronics Survival
Single-player alternative to Stay Close — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Stay Close.
CASE 2: Animatronics Survival is a horror game that is available in two modes. Online mode lets one or more players take on the role of animatronics, ready to crush everyone and everything. The other three are survivors. How did this happen? You’ll have to find out!
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Dying Light
Single-player alternative to Stay Close — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stay Close.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
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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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Killing Floor 2
Single-player alternative to Stay Close — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stay Close.
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
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Left 4 Dead 2
Single-player alternative to Stay Close — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Stay Close.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.