Single-player games like PLAYBACK
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to PLAYBACK, 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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Lost Chronology
Single-player alternative to PLAYBACK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with PLAYBACK.
Explore Past your Guilt and Denial. This Psychological Puzzle Horror will have you Explore your Psyche, 1 Minute before you Die! Are you Ready to Dig into the Darkness, Unearthing your Deepest, most Shameful Secrets?
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PROCEDURE ZERO
Single-player alternative to PLAYBACK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
In this prison, cigarettes buy information, and information opens doors. Talk to inmates, read patrols and uncover what the institution is hiding. You are not in the register — and someone who officially does not exist is still knocking. First-person stealth with psychological horror underneath.
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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to PLAYBACK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
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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Don't Be Afraid 2
Single-player alternative to PLAYBACK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to PLAYBACK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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Escape the Ayurok
Single-player alternative to PLAYBACK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
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!
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Now You See - A Hand Painted Horror Adventure
Single-player alternative to PLAYBACK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
NoW YoU SEE is a story driven, first-person, point & click, horror adventure. You must escape!!! Explore the house, solve fiendish puzzles, uncover horrible secrets and get ready to meet the family. STORY. PUZZLES. GORE.
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Insomnis
Single-player alternative to PLAYBACK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with PLAYBACK.
Insomnis is a first-person horror game focused on story, exploration and solving puzzles to advance through a terrifying atmosphere. Players take control of Joe Castevet, who will have to deal with a mysterious inheritance he has just received. Discover all the secrets of the Castevet mansion!
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BOOKED
Single-player alternative to PLAYBACK — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
BOOKED is a cozy first-person library game about finding misplaced books and returning them to the right shelves. Explore a charming library, discover 100+ colorful books and series, and enjoy a relaxed, pressure-free sorting experience.