Single-player games like Whispers from Below
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Whispers from Below, 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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Pharos Light
Single-player alternative to Whispers from Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Whispers from Below.
Pharos Light is a survival horror game inspired by “The Lighthouse” and Lovecraft. Upgrade the Lighthouse with unique equipment, develop the island, and survive the night.
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MEGANAUT
Single-player alternative to Whispers from Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Whispers from Below.
A 3rd person narrative horror game with modernized retro 3D graphics, and unique floating mechanics. Travel past The Habitat walls into the deep megastructure in search of your missing friend Seija, and find out why he left.
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COLONY 2
Single-player alternative to Whispers from Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Whispers from Below.
Giri's search for his lost cricket ball opened a world of horror. He escaped that day but part of him never left. Eight years later, investigate the British colonial era asylum that broke him. But why does he keep coming back? What's his connection? Discover what's never meant to be discovered.
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Hillthorn
Single-player alternative to Whispers from Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Whispers from Below.
A disappearance in a secluded community. A mountain hiding its secrets. A detective running out of time. Welcome to Hillthorn, a dark investigation game that invites you to uncover the mystery without a single word spoken, using your skills of logic and intuition through cards.
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On Tape << Rewind
Single-player alternative to Whispers from Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Whispers from Below.
On Tape << Rewind is a psychological horror story told through cassette tapes. Play recordings, search for clues, discover hidden cassettes, and manipulate audio. Unravel the mystery of a scientist’s disappearance and the obsession that consumed him — tape by tape.
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Blight Doctors
Single-player alternative to Whispers from Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Whispers from Below.
DISCOVER, DIAGNOSE, EXORCISE. You are a plague doctor paranormal investigator living in a rotten, gothic city at the end of an apocalypse. Banish ghosts, cure plagues, treat with monsters... all in co-op and proximity chat!
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Give Us A Sign
Single-player alternative to Whispers from Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Whispers from Below.
Give Us A Sign is a 1-4 player co-op psychological horror simulation. As an investigator, use specialized equipment to detect entities and gather evidence in haunted locations. Every word you speak shapes the haunting around you. Once you ask for a sign, there is no turning back.
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Arctic Grave
Single-player alternative to Whispers from Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Whispers from Below.
Uncover the mystery of an arctic cargo outpost's lost crew in this horror game. Take in the frozen sea and delve into the depths of the facility, finding items and uncovering new paths with each one to learn what really happened here. But be careful, because something else might be here with you.