Single-player games like Dendrophobia
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dendrophobia, 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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COMING HOME
Single-player alternative to Dendrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dendrophobia.
A retro slasher horror game, with a focus on home defense. In the dead of night, you hear someone lurking outside - but you are not defenseless. Watch the cameras, barricade your doors, and have your gun at the ready - anything to keep the Sundown Rippers from claiming their next victim.
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The Backworld
Single-player alternative to Dendrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dendrophobia.
Slip between the cracks of reality into a world where danger awaits at every turn. Survive with strategy, battling when necessary or fleeing when the odds are stacked against you. Collect strange items, unlock new abilities, and recruit unique companions. Forge your own path; every choice matters.
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CALL OF CUTIE
Single-player alternative to Dendrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dendrophobia.
CALL OF CUTIE is a single-player horror adventure set inside a vast, terrifying laboratory. Explore dark corridors, solve puzzles, fight frightening enemies, and rescue the victims trapped inside. Choose your own path with Bubbles and find a way to escape.
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Dead of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Dendrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dendrophobia.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
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Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Single-player alternative to Dendrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dendrophobia.
Command Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie cop who stumbles onto the carnage reporting for his first duty, or play as Claire Redfield, desperately searching for her missing brother. Cutting edge 3-D accelerated graphics that create a terrifying, photo-realistic experience.
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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to Dendrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dendrophobia.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to Dendrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dendrophobia.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
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Escape the Ayurok
Single-player alternative to Dendrophobia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dendrophobia.
Escape The Ayurok is a first person horror-adventure videogame, in which you need to escape from a haunted mansion as quiet as possible, to evade the hideous creature called "The Ayurok". Stealth Mode will be your ally!