Single-player games like Backswamps
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Backswamps, 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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MIRROR MIRROR
Single-player alternative to Backswamps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backswamps.
MIRROR MIRROR is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where you find presence of unknown entities. Go through unreal experiences in the house and uncover the secrets of your fractured mind. Experience the tension and fear in the repeating space.
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Pradera
Single-player alternative to Backswamps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backswamps.
Pradera is a first-person psychological horror. You play as Clarice, an ambitious lawyer taking on an impossible case. Nine people were decapitated. The bodies remain. The heads are gone. A gamble for fame becomes a real nightmare.
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Dreamless
Single-player alternative to Backswamps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backswamps.
In a remote provincial town, teenagers mysteriously disappear every 25 years. You're a high school student about to turn 18... But what if you become the next victim?
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Forest 6174
Single-player alternative to Backswamps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backswamps.
A brief narrative-driven psychological horror experience in first person (no jumpscares, story and dialogue-focused). You play as Danny, who is unexpectedly summoned to receive a break from his daily routine... However, things start to look out of place once you get deeper into the forest.
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The Guest II
Single-player alternative to Backswamps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backswamps.
The Guest II is a first-person psychological horror experience.
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Rehaunted
Single-player alternative to Backswamps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Backswamps.
Enter a house where every clue feels wrong. Investigate a brutal crime scene, uncover hidden evidence, and use your detective tools to piece together a disturbing truth buried beneath the silence.
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No One Here But Me
Single-player alternative to Backswamps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Backswamps.
Work as a night administrator at a computer club, check visitors, detect anomalies, and survive nightmare-filled nights full of monsters and mysteries.
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Sitter
Single-player alternative to Backswamps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backswamps.
Investigating the mysterious death of his grandmother, a detective breaks into her home to discover the truth, but the dwelling begins to play tricks on him. The space breaks, fears become flesh, and there is still no way out. Every step, every new room, every cycle is a chance to go mad.
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Mauri Mursu's Hangover
Single-player alternative to Backswamps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backswamps.
Help Mauri Mursu on his adventure on the Walrus Islands and cure his hangover!