Single-player games like Nightmare Loop
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Nightmare Loop, 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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SAMA
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nightmare Loop.
A young girl lost in a dark forest must survive among terrifying creatures, harsh nature, and her own fear.
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Yami Mura
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Loop.
Emica awakens in her city's train station, compelled to walk through darkness and the anxiety of being stranded in a strange world. She must escape by solving puzzles.
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Low Story
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Loop.
Low gets thrown from the top floor of a building, and he falls into the dark world. After his fall, Low wants to return but he finds the door locked by Red One The World Keeper. Thus, Low starts looking for the key hoping revenge.
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Cyberpunk: Shadow of Ethereal City
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Loop.
Cyberpunk: Shadow of Ethereal City is a 2.5D hacker RPG. You will play as HC999, an experimental cyborg who lost contact with a major corporation. HC999 uses nanobots to hack into others' souls to manipulate the environment, persuade others, defeat opponents and explore the true nature of the city.
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Misguided Remastered
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Loop.
Misguided Remastered: Third-person action-horror. Silvia, high school girl trapped in otherworld nightmare. Desperately search for missing best friend & mom's cherished letter her only memory. Survive Indonesian folklore horrors with axe/knife combat, solve puzzles, uncover dark secrets!
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GHOST at DAWN
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nightmare Loop.
In 1947, hard-boiled private eye Ben O'Hara is searching for a missing girl in an abandoned hotel. Investigate room by room, piece together clues, and give the living dead lead poisoning in this noir horror. Can you push through your fear and discover what became of her?
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Silver Pines
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Loop.
Silver Pines is a survival horror metroidvania set in small town America. Fight nightmarish terrors and solve puzzles, while carefully managing your scarce resources as you uncover the mysteries that could hold the key to redemption.
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Rendezvous: Shadows of the Past
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightmare Loop.
He can't escape the memories that haunt him, and soon Setyo realizes he must return to Neo-Surabaya to save what's left of his family. Experience the upheaval of Setyo's mundane life in Bay City in this action-adventure prologue to Rendezvous.