Single-player games like Asylum
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Asylum, 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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COMING HOME
Single-player alternative to Asylum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Asylum.
A retro slasher horror game, with a focus on home defense. In the dead of night, you hear someone lurking outside - but you are not defenseless. Watch the cameras, barricade your doors, and have your gun at the ready - anything to keep the Sundown Rippers from claiming their next victim.
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Housekeeper: Anomaly
Single-player alternative to Asylum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Asylum.
Scavenge abandoned apartments, cut on broken glass, fight anomalies, trade with the merchants, deceive them into buying bad products and most importantly - try to stay alive and care about yourself!
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Cytokine Storm
Single-player alternative to Asylum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Asylum.
Cytokine Storm is a retro survival horror set inside a coma patient's body. Battle parasites, viruses, and a defective immune system to wake yourself up. Explore a surreal biological world where you must use your wits, weapons, and unique costumes to survive grotesque locations and puzzles.
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Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy
Single-player alternative to Asylum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Asylum.
A kidnapping, a desperate mother, and a shadow from the past collide in the final chapter of the trilogy. A modern return to classic survival horror with an Italian neo-giallo twist. Master retrocognition, mirror abilities, and moth manipulation to uncover the truth behind the Red Nun.
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Nature of Dread
Single-player alternative to Asylum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Asylum.
A gritty first-person action-horror where you awaken trapped in the cursed settlement of Hellhole—a forsaken place swallowed by the northern wilderness. Fight your way out of this nightmare’s depths and uncover what has been buried under top-secret clearance for centuries.
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EXORCISMUS: Vade Retro Satana
Single-player alternative to Asylum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Asylum.
A psychological exorcism horror featuring the unique Presence System and a 3D Jumpscare effect that makes demons burst out of your screen. Every sound has a source. The demon sees you, hears you, senses your fear. Forget predictable jumpscares.
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A.I.L.A
Single-player alternative to Asylum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Asylum.
A.I.L.A is a first-person horror game set in a near-future filled with immersive technology. Play as the sole game tester for a revolutionary new fictional AI. Survive intense horror experiences that prey on your deepest fears as the lines between virtual and reality begin to blur…
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LOST ZION
Single-player alternative to Asylum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Asylum.
Lost Zion is an atmospheric cyberpunk horror game. Awakened by a faint signal as a service bot, explore the forsaken megacity of Lost Zion. Uncover the Emperor's horrific secrets. Obey your sole command: Activate the Gravity Core.