Single-player games like The Sinkhole
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Sinkhole, 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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Mucorales
Single-player alternative to The Sinkhole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sinkhole.
An enthralling RPG Maker horror game that explores a dark and twisted rendition of the classic fairy tale, Red Riding Hood.
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Case of the mysterious death of Keiko Haraeda
Single-player alternative to The Sinkhole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sinkhole.
Japan, September 12, 1999, at 8:00 p.m., Ms. Keiko Haraeda collapsed in her room and was found dead. Although the police have ruled that there is no case and closed the investigation, many puzzling points remain, and the family is still calling for information.
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to The Sinkhole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sinkhole.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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Homesick
Single-player alternative to The Sinkhole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sinkhole.
Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
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The Norwood Suite
Single-player alternative to The Sinkhole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sinkhole.
Explore the mysterious Hotel Norwood in this surreal first-person adventure. Curious characters, forgotten secrets, and head-nodding music await your arrival.
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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to The Sinkhole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sinkhole.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
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ASYLUM
Single-player alternative to The Sinkhole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sinkhole.
An epic supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches set in a massive, decaying mental institute. Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, Hammer Films and twisted Euro Horror from the 80s.
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The Guest
Single-player alternative to The Sinkhole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sinkhole.
'The Guest' is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.
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Silent Still 2
Single-player alternative to The Sinkhole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sinkhole.
Silent Still 2 is a first-person psychological horror that traps you in the paralyzing nightmare of sleep paralysis. Helpless and unable to escape, you’ll face unspeakable entities that watch, whisper, and move when you can’t. Blurring the line between waking and something far worse
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Silent Still
Single-player alternative to The Sinkhole — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Silent Still is a first-person psychological horror game that delves into the terrifying experience of sleep paralysis and nightmares. You will feel the true horror that sleep paralysis can bring and the overwhelming fear it instills in a person.
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Left Behind
Single-player alternative to The Sinkhole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sinkhole.
LEFT BEHIND is a hyper-realistic psychological horror game where you take on the role of a real estate agent with a client looking to sell you a property. Instead of a straightforward and quick interaction with the client, you find yourself thrust into a deeply unsettling and frightening situation.
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Thou Shalt Not Kill
Single-player alternative to The Sinkhole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sinkhole.
"Thou Shalt Not Kill" is a VHS-style first-person psychological horror game. You play as Angel, a girl traveling through a forest who finds a VHS tape on the ground. As she watches it, she discovers unsettling footage telling a mysterious story, leading to shocking revelations.
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Thin Threads
Single-player alternative to The Sinkhole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Sinkhole.
Thin Threads is a first-person psychological horror game about a family's desperate struggle to survive poverty. Step into the shoes of each family member, witnessing their story unfold from different perspectives, immersing you in a truly haunting and disturbing experience.