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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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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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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Clink
Single-player alternative to Backswamps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backswamps.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
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The Gretlow Tapes
Single-player alternative to Backswamps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backswamps.
Armed with nothing but your camera, investigate the abandoned Gretlow House in this short, atmospheric horror game. Uncover a chilling mystery through a realistic found-footage lens.
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Fuck You Witch
Single-player alternative to Backswamps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backswamps.
Your best friend has confessed her love for you... but the problems don't stop there. You've started to hallucinate. All this interferes with sleeping and eating, and in general disrupts your ideal lifestyle. Yell obscenities at the witch, immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Qazaq steppes
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Chasing Static
Single-player alternative to Backswamps — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Backswamps.
A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.
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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!