Single-player games like Dead End: Escape Your Fears
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dead End: Escape Your Fears, 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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Don't Turn Back
Single-player alternative to Dead End: Escape Your Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Dead End: Escape Your Fears.
Don't Turn Back is a first-person, single-player psychological horror game. You play Bethany, A young woman who has just inherited her grandfather's mansion. Get immersed in the deeply emotional story of Bethany's family, and experience everything there is inside this home...good and evil.
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That Village
Single-player alternative to Dead End: Escape Your Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Dead End: Escape Your Fears.
As the village of Yugra forgets its past, the power of an ancient community awakens once more. Twelve objects, as part of a ritual, lead the villagers toward a dark future. Galip embarks on a journey to stop the magic and uncover its secrets.
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True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1
Single-player alternative to Dead End: Escape Your Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Dead End: Escape Your Fears.
True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics. Episode 1, the first in a trilogy, will long be remembered.
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What Happened to Lily?
Single-player alternative to Dead End: Escape Your Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Dead End: Escape Your Fears.
What Happened to Lily? Is a real-time first-person horror game. Discover the secrets and spooky truths behind the mysterious event at Miller Farm.
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The Backrooms Project
Single-player alternative to Dead End: Escape Your Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead End: Escape Your Fears.
Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?
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Shift 87
Single-player alternative to Dead End: Escape Your Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Dead End: Escape Your Fears.
Your task today: Memorize your environment and report any anomalies. Good luck with your shift! "Shift 87" is an observation horror game with subtle anomalies and unsettling occurrences.
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Lonely Christmas
Single-player alternative to Dead End: Escape Your Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead End: Escape Your Fears.
It’s a story about an 8-year-old boy Kevin who was left alone at home at Christmas. Protect your house from a crazy robber and wait for your parents. Can you handle with it? We’ll find out.
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a pet shop after dark
Single-player alternative to Dead End: Escape Your Fears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Dead End: Escape Your Fears.
PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.