Single-player games like ARAYA
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to ARAYA, 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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Don't Knock Twice
Single-player alternative to ARAYA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ARAYA.
Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!
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Home Sweet Home
Single-player alternative to ARAYA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARAYA.
Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.
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Narcosis
Single-player alternative to ARAYA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARAYA.
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
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Slender: The Arrival
Single-player alternative to ARAYA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ARAYA.
Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.
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Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul
Single-player alternative to ARAYA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ARAYA.
AVAILABLE TO PLAY IN NON-VR (KEYBOARD/MOUSE AND CONTROLLER) VR HEADSET NO LONGER REQUIRED.“PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE LOST SOUL” immerses you in a terrifying realistic environment with haunting atmosphere, and the need to survive.
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Rise of Insanity
Single-player alternative to ARAYA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARAYA.
In Rise of Insanity, as a doctor of psychology you will explore the darkest recesses of the human mind. Overcome your fear to find the truth behind the tragedy that has befallen your family.
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The Persistence
Single-player alternative to ARAYA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ARAYA.
Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.
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Visage
Single-player alternative to ARAYA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ARAYA.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.