Single-player games like Hellternum
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Hellternum, 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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Foghorns Drown
Single-player alternative to Hellternum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hellternum.
You're a ferryman in Birchwood, a remote village isolated beyond a lake veiled in thick fog. Mysteries and folklore haunt your dreams in this narrative-driven psychological horror game.
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The Shade
Single-player alternative to Hellternum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hellternum.
A first-person psychological horror set in rural Finland, where isolation and unsettling encounters slowly turn your housekeeping job into something far more disturbing.
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Atheris
Single-player alternative to Hellternum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hellternum.
Dr. Roth wakes from cryosleep with his memory gone. The crew of the Atheris is dead, and the ship's AI speaks to him like a mother, then orders him to dance. Only she knows who did this. So will you, in an hour. If you're good enough.
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Ware's Laboratory
Single-player alternative to Hellternum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hellternum.
Anti-piracy measures are now active. Your game has turned into a surreal nightmare. Crawl through corrupted levels, read notes from a malicious developer, and confront the dark past in multiple realities.
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Rain of Hunger
Single-player alternative to Hellternum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hellternum.
A story-driven psychological horror game. Play as a novelist searching for her missing nephew, and the man the whole town still blames for the truth she's about to uncover. Two perspectives, One town.
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Chasing Static
Single-player alternative to Hellternum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hellternum.
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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Demonologist
Single-player alternative to Hellternum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hellternum.
Demonologist is a Co-Op horror game that can be played with at least 1 and up to 4 players. Your goal is to identify the type of evil spirit in cursed places and exorcise it using your equipment, either alone or with your team.
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CRUELTY
Single-player alternative to Hellternum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hellternum.
"CRUELTY" is a Japanese-made splatter horror. You were in an accident and lost consciousness. The moment you wake up, you find yourself in a nightmare world, one that is not of this Earth. In an abattoir ruled by madness, horrific scenes unfold, and inescapable terror awaits you.
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Fartal Error
Single-player alternative to Hellternum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hellternum.
Fartal Error is a third-person survival horror set in an abandoned Mexican asylum, where a single fart can literally get you killed. Explore a nightmarish labyrinth, take down deranged cannibal cultists, keep your guts in check... and try to escape. If you can.