Single-player games like The Birth Cry
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Birth Cry, 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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15th Prison
Single-player alternative to The Birth Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Birth Cry.
15th Prison is a horror escape game. There is no exit from this prison. But examine your surroundings carefully and do not ignore any abnormalities. Take the envelope in each block and move on. Your carelessness may result in death.
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四号对象 Object 4
Single-player alternative to The Birth Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Birth Cry.
You will play as a policewoman, who is in search of her missing sister at midnight. By accident, you encounter with a MANIAC, who will hunt you down until you die. Can you escape, or ... fight back?
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The Unrested
Single-player alternative to The Birth Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Birth Cry.
The Unrested is a story-driven first-person horror game. A spirit from your past traps you in an abandoned boarding school. A shadow watching your every step will test you with puzzles while forcing you to confront your fears.
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Flushed
Single-player alternative to The Birth Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Birth Cry.
Flushed is an atmospheric first-person exploration game where you awaken in an abandoned asylum. To escape, you must find hidden keys in each room while facing a shifting, unsettling world. Explore, progress, and question reality as the environment distorts around you.
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Liminal:Escape Route
Single-player alternative to The Birth Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Birth Cry.
Your only goal is to find a door and advance to the next level. Sounds simple enough, right? But in these endless, unsettling liminal spaces, nothing is as it seems. What could possibly go wrong?
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COLONY 2
Single-player alternative to The Birth Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Birth Cry.
Giri's search for his lost cricket ball opened a world of horror. He escaped that day but part of him never left. Eight years later, investigate the British colonial era asylum that broke him. But why does he keep coming back? What's his connection? Discover what's never meant to be discovered.
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DRYN: Don't Reveal Your Next
Single-player alternative to The Birth Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Birth Cry.
An online co-op horror game for up to 6 players. Scavenge dangerous, abandoned environments for valuable loot to meet the Company's strict profit quota. Survive unpredictable monsters, manage your gear, and work together to escape alive.
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Curse:The First Knot
Single-player alternative to The Birth Cry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Birth Cry.
Some moments wish they never happened. After the accident you caused, you hide in a remote Anatolian village where secrets linger in the shadows of mosques. In this psychological horror by two developers, can you face your conscience? No escape. Only confrontation.