Single-player games like After 9:59
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to After 9:59, 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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C.U.T.S
Single-player alternative to After 9:59 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with After 9:59.
It’s an indie horror game where a man named Ethan, passionate about collecting VHS tapes, receives a box full of them from a friend. But as he starts watching, he realizes he’s witnessing something deeply disturbing and unsettling.
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Knock From Inside
Single-player alternative to After 9:59 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with After 9:59.
On Halloween night, something begins knocking from inside your apartment, turning an ordinary night into a terrifying encounter with something that should not be there.
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Pikabuu: STOP!
Single-player alternative to After 9:59 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with After 9:59.
Beni, a loving husband to Nadia and father to Kaila, always ensured his family's needs were met with simple contentment. However, one day, an unwitting decision dragged his small family into a spiral that threatens everything.
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Father's Day
Single-player alternative to After 9:59 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with After 9:59.
"Father's Day" - a psychological thriller that is a spin-off and prequel to the game "Find Yourself". The dream of living happily ever after was destroyed after Phil lost his wife and son. Obsessed with the desire to return them, he develops a plan.
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Clink
Single-player alternative to After 9:59 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with After 9:59.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
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Summer of '58
Single-player alternative to After 9:59 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with After 9:59.
In the summer of 2008. The main character, at the request of followers, goes to Russia to explore the abandoned camp "Yunost". Locals say that this place is inhabited by restless souls. This will need to be checked.
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You Are Grounded
Single-player alternative to After 9:59 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with After 9:59.
"You Are Grounded" is a short psychological horror-slasher game from a first-person perspective. A terrifying killer clown terrorizes a teenager and his family on Halloween Eve.
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Silent Nights
Single-player alternative to After 9:59 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with After 9:59.
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.