Single-player games like Scary Stories: Grotesque
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Scary Stories: Grotesque, 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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The Bridge Curse 2: The Extrication
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scary Stories: Grotesque.
Try to escape with your life in a first-person survival horror adventure. Play through the eyes of four distinct characters as you evade and confront terrifying ghosts, unravel mind-bending puzzles, and unearth a sinister conspiracy…
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Dead of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scary Stories: Grotesque.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
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Alan Wake
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scary Stories: Grotesque.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
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SEVERANCE
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Severance is a 1-5 player paranormal investigation game… with a twist. Use tools and equipment to identify the correct ghost type while a dangerous, violent entity hunts you down. The twist? YOU can become the ghost. Choose Ghost AI, or an asymmetrical mode where a player takes the Ghost role.
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Midnight Scenes: The Nanny
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scary Stories: Grotesque.
The Nanny is a short interactive horror story about the supernatural. Follow siblings Oliver and Tina in their quest to find their nanny after she disappears in the middle of the night. Welcome to a new dimension of horror. Welcome to Midnight Scenes.
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Pacify
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scary Stories: Grotesque.
An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.
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Resident Evil 4
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scary Stories: Grotesque.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
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Unpossess: Exorcism Simulator
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scary Stories: Grotesque.
Unpossess is a 1-4 co-op exorcism simulator game set in the early 1900s. Players take on the role of exorcists responsible for addressing cases of human possession.
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Zombie's Cool
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The largest zombie mop-up operation this world has ever seen is about to start! Mind you heads, zombies!
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Dragon Question
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The best 'Edu-tainment' game which helps you improve your math skills!
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ALIEN WAR
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Defeat alien fighters with the ultimate surface-to-air weapon KPO9!
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World Soccer Kid
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A difficult but addictive soccer game!
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Nature
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Scary Stories: Grotesque.
Nature is a relaxing game for modern people tired of everyday life.
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ALIEN WAR 2 DOGFIGHT
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The best shooting game with various perspectives
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UNI 2
Single-player alternative to Scary Stories: Grotesque — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Big fun even when playing solo! Even BIGGER fun with two players! The party game UNI 2 is back!