Single-player games like DARKLING
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to DARKLING, 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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LOOK AWAY
Single-player alternative to DARKLING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DARKLING.
A figure exists only in the mirror. It moves only when you are looking at it and each time you look, it's already closer.
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Primitive Shades
Single-player alternative to DARKLING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DARKLING.
Explore an abandoned school, solve mysterious puzzles, and survive the strange shape-like monsters you accidentally unleash. What begins as a late-night urban exploration quickly turns into a chaotic fight to escape.
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Horror Tale 2: Samantha
Single-player alternative to DARKLING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DARKLING.
Escape a terrifying prison, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth behind the masked kidnapper. Continue the horror story of Tom and Samantha in this intense mystery escape adventure set in 1990s America.
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The Room
Single-player alternative to DARKLING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DARKLING.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
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Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to DARKLING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DARKLING.
Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.
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Play With Me: Escape Room
Single-player alternative to DARKLING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DARKLING.
See how a game created by the very Jigsaw would look like! Use the available objects, outwit tricky illusions and optical puzzles and above all, answer the question – will you dare to Play with Me?
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The Room Two
Single-player alternative to DARKLING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DARKLING.
Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.
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BEHIND THESE EYES: A Short Horror Story
Single-player alternative to DARKLING — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DARKLING.
Behind These Eyes is a unique, exciting, and terrifying new horror game. Take control of protagonist Moribu, in his epic fight to overcome his penetrating fear, and save those he holds most dear.