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Single-player games like Backrooms: Infinite

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Backrooms: Infinite, 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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    Underlings — Steam game cover

    Underlings

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: Infinite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Infinite.

    Become one of the "evil" creatures and try to survive a world where everything wants you dead, gather resources, craft them into powerful items, build a base to protect yourself from everlasting raids or challenge your bosses to be more than an underling.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ORMOD: Directive — Steam game cover

    ORMOD: Directive

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: Infinite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Infinite.

    Shape your own survival experience in an infinite open-world sandbox. Customize world difficulty, rules, and playstyle. Play solo, co-op, or on 24/7 MMO-style servers across PvP, PvE, Hardcore, or Creative modes as you build, automate, fight, and survive. The choice is yours.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Away From Life — Steam game cover

    Away From Life

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: Infinite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Infinite.

    You survived a helicopter crash; going home is your top priority. Live as a castaway - survive the dangers of the islands by using your environment to find food, build shelter, craft tools to extend your stay, explore the secrets of the islands and their surrounding waters, and carve your way home.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure9.74 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Forest — Steam game cover

    The Forest

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: Infinite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Infinite.

    As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Whisper of the Swallows — Steam game cover

    Whisper of the Swallows

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: Infinite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Infinite.

    Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Don't Starve Together — Steam game cover

    Don't Starve Together

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: Infinite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Infinite.

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Unturned — Steam game cover

    Unturned

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: Infinite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Infinite.

    You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MISERY — Steam game cover

    MISERY

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: Infinite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Infinite.

    MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lone Apocalypse — Steam game cover

    Lone Apocalypse

    Single-player alternative to Backrooms: Infinite — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backrooms: Infinite.

    Lone Apocalypse is an open-world survival game set on a frozen island in the near future. Players build, explore, and survive in extreme conditions while uncovering the truth behind a failed climate weapon. The game combines crafting, survival, and story for an immersive post-apocalyptic experience

    2025IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →