Single-player games like Childmare
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Childmare, 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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Mr. Grin's Final Act
Single-player alternative to Childmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Childmare.
Thirty years ago, a tragedy silenced the studio. Now you're back... and so is Mr. Grin. In this first-person survival horror, scavenge badges, rewire circuits, crack safes. Stay out of sight. One sound and you die. He's not hunting you. He's directing you. His script. Your survival.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to Childmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Childmare.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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CASE: Animatronics
Single-player alternative to Childmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Childmare.
CASE: Animatronics is a truly scary and challenging first-person stealth horror on PC. Control of the police department is in the hands of anonymous hacker. All exits are locked. Electricity is off. Metallic thumps are getting closer. Will you survive, Detective Bishop?
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Childmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Childmare.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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Poppy Playtime
Single-player alternative to Childmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Childmare.
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
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Joyville 2
Single-player alternative to Childmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Childmare.
Joyville 2 is a first-person horror puzzle-adventure game set in an abandoned children's camp. Explore two parallel worlds where the joy of the past meets present horrors. Uncover the camp's dark secrets, face magical yet dangerous creatures, and discover the truth behind events from decades ago.
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The Night of the Scissors
Single-player alternative to Childmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Childmare.
Scrap hunting season has gone wrong, VHS slasher survival horror.
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Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Childmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Childmare.
Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.