Single-player games like Nightmare Horror Investigation
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Nightmare Horror Investigation, 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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The Nightwal Legacy
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Horror Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Horror Investigation.
A first-person supernatural thriller where you explore a manor overtaken by darkness. Wield a mysterious power to confront an ancient evil, unravel the truth, and save your brother.
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Stillwake
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Horror Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Horror Investigation.
StillWake is an atmospheric first-person survival horror. Explore an abandoned psychiatric hospital, uncover its dark secrets, solve puzzles, and survive terrifying creatures. Stay quiet—your microphone picks up your voice, and enemies can hear you
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Mothman: Shadows of Point Pleasant
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Horror Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nightmare Horror Investigation.
A former military investigator travels to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, to solve a series of murders and child disappearances. Follow the legend of the Mothman into secret underground facilities, government conspiracies, and unimaginable horrors hidden beneath America.
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Ritual Tides
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Horror Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Horror Investigation.
Ritual Tides is a story rich, psychological horror game set on the dark, atmospheric, isolated British island of Hortus. Explore the island, uncover its dark past, loot food, ammunition and supplies, evade the cult of the Fallow Parish, as you fight for survival against Lovecraftian horrors.
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GUTTED: Infested Crypts
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Horror Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nightmare Horror Investigation.
Descend into infested crypts beneath a cursed cemetery in this visceral action-horror FPS. Fight through rotting horrors with heavy gunplay, brutal dismemberment, and only a dying flashlight between you and the darkness.
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Final Footage
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Horror Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Horror Investigation.
Find what doesn't belong. Capture the evidence. Survive what finds you. Final Footage is a psychological horror game where you investigate anomalies, hide from the Knocker, upgrade your equipment, and unlock increasingly dangerous locations.
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Whispers in the Dark
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Horror Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Horror Investigation.
An online co-op horror RPG where you run a ghost-hunting agency. Explore haunted locations, uncover the nature of entities, upgrade your skills and tools, and survive their curses.
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THE OCCULT PROTOCOL
Single-player alternative to Nightmare Horror Investigation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightmare Horror Investigation.
THE OCCULT PROTOCOL is a paranormal investigation horror game for solo or online co-op. Gather evidence, identify the entity, survive its hunts, and prepare the right ritual to banish it.