Single-player games like Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS, 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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Backrooms: Impending Doom
Single-player alternative to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.
The research team is gone. You're next. A first-person psychological horror in the Backrooms - explore ruined levels, keep your Synchronization steady, and uncover what destroyed your research team. Free demo: the Prologue.
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Precept
Single-player alternative to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.
Precept is a first-person psychedelic action horror game with a heavy focus on exploration. Players take control of a night guard whose purpose is to finish his daily task. The player must find way to escape and survive from mysterious company's environment and entities.
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NULLHOME
Single-player alternative to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.
NULLHOME is a first-person psychological horror experience inspired by liminal spaces and the Backrooms. Investigate mysterious TV-related disappearances, explore unsettling environments, solve puzzles, and survive encounters with unknown entities.
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Room231
Single-player alternative to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.
Room231 is a single player horror game, which is based on the famous creepy pasta called "Backrooms". Player must find an exit to leave room231 and reach the truth of room231.
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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.
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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鬼打墙(剧情版)
Single-player alternative to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.
This is a horror game adapted from the Chinese folklore. Players need to decrypt and collect key items in different stages. Ultimately find a way to escape the foggy forest. While searching for an exit, players will be disturbed by ghosts, players need to avoid the ghosts and evade their attacks.
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Bughouse
Single-player alternative to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.
Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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Panelka
Single-player alternative to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.
Panelka is a nostalgic, relaxing game where you immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the post-Soviet era. Create your cozy apartment or garage with that familiar, warm interior from your childhood. You have a wide selection of furniture and many other interior details at your disposal.
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ALAA-MOGUS MUST DIE
Single-player alternative to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.
This is a historical action game from 3rd person based on Yakut mythology. Alaa-Mogus the devil has come to seize our land! Uraankhai Sakha, let's take up our weapons and drive him back to the dungeon! Uruy-Aikhal!
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Setteeh
Single-player alternative to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.
Setteeh - is a horror game created based on real stories of Yakutia residents. Each episode of the game tells a new story.
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URAANKHIANS Dygyn - The Beginning
Single-player alternative to Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Xarana Xos: BACKROOMS.
URAANHAI! Finally, we have all together driven Alaa-Mogus into the underworld! Now let's have a real Ysyakh and celebrate! Let's organize the first "DYGYNA" game and find out who is the fastest! Play in multiplayer and become the FIRST!