Single-player games like What Lies Beneath
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to What Lies Beneath, 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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DEAD UNIT
Single-player alternative to What Lies Beneath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Lies Beneath.
A titanic complex. An insignificant man. In this grim horror, you are a prisoner classified as a DEAD UNIT. Explore your prison, bypass security systems, evade escaped Entities, and piece together material traces for a single chance to make it out alive.
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CYBERPHOTO
Single-player alternative to What Lies Beneath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Lies Beneath.
Capture stunning photos of strange creatures, forgotten machines, and mysterious landscapes while uncovering the secrets of lost civilizations through your lens and weather manipulation.
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Crop
Single-player alternative to What Lies Beneath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with What Lies Beneath.
A gritty farming thriller where your safety depends on the yield. Bound to a dying farm, you must dig, plant, irrigate, and cut your way through the decay. Uncover buried secrets, both in the soil and quietly brewing within the village. The only way out is through the harvest.
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Rehaunted
Single-player alternative to What Lies Beneath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with What Lies Beneath.
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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Marrowood
Single-player alternative to What Lies Beneath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with What Lies Beneath.
Haunted by the suppressed memories of your childhood, you receive a letter from the town you grew up in. They need you to rebuild your family's farm. It's time to remember, welcome home.
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Curse of Resthaven
Single-player alternative to What Lies Beneath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with What Lies Beneath.
In this single-player narrative roguelite, govern a cursed island as you investigate your niece’s mysterious disappearance. Interrogate, trade, upgrade, and embark upon card-based expeditions to uncover dark secrets – before the next cataclysm strikes.
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The Hole Never Ends
Single-player alternative to What Lies Beneath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with What Lies Beneath.
An intense VR adventure where you crawl through twisting caves, face unseen terrors, evade creatures, mine for relics, and upgrade your gear as you descend deeper into the hole.
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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Single-player alternative to What Lies Beneath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with What Lies Beneath.
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.