Single-player games like SCP: Permafrost
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SCP: Permafrost, 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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Coral & The Abyss
Single-player alternative to SCP: Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Permafrost.
Explore a shattered, interconnected world filled with hidden secrets, challenging enemies, lost memories, and the eerie remnants of a failed mission.
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Nemorsys
Single-player alternative to SCP: Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Permafrost.
Join Kaelara on her quest for revenge against a tyrannical king. Become the Nemorsys, an ancient spirit of darkness, in this action stealth game where shadow and light shape every ability, and effect. Use powerful shadow powers, solve puzzles, and fight to overthrow an evil king.
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Monkey King Simulator -- Chapter Huaguo Mountain
Single-player alternative to SCP: Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Permafrost.
Stories revised from Journey to the West. Souls-like combats; Powerful Bosses; Hundreds of different Weapon&Armors; Super big map to explore; Nothing special? You cut me!
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Bleak Faith: Forsaken
Single-player alternative to SCP: Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Permafrost.
Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.
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Tombwater
Single-player alternative to SCP: Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Permafrost.
A Souls-Like Western full of Eldritch horrors. Explore the accursed Wild West town of Tombwater and lay bare the darkness that lies beneath. Survive blood-spilling combat in this gruesome 2D action-RPG that may just drive you to madness.
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Tearscape
Single-player alternative to SCP: Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Permafrost.
As a hunter, you explore a dark, interconnected world filled with dungeons, relying on precise combat to survive. Battle grotesque monsters, expand your arsenal, and uncover hidden paths in a non-linear, pixel art journey.
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SiNiSistar 2
Single-player alternative to SCP: Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Permafrost.
Step into a beautifully somber pixel art world of decay filled with grotesque, writhing abominations...A dark action RPG that follows the journey of a demon-slaying nun who must resist destruction and despair while purging the corruption from this world one boss after another!
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Tails of Iron
Single-player alternative to SCP: Permafrost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SCP: Permafrost.
Tails of Iron is an epic RPG Adventure with punishingly brutal combat. As Redgi, heir to the throne, you must embark on a perilous quest to reclaim your Kingdom. Explore a deceivingly charming world. Assemble a band of brave companions. Banish the merciless Frog clan!