Single-player games like Bad birthday
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Bad birthday, 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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Nightmare Zone
Single-player alternative to Bad birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad birthday.
Nightmare Zone is an indie horror game made by two people. Run away from your nightmares, explore all areas of the dream world and find 5 doors in a row to escape. Will you be able to wake up? Something is looking for you and if you get caught you'll have to restart.
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PENANCE
Single-player alternative to Bad birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad birthday.
PENANCE is a single-player experience where you play as Calen, a former ranger trapped in a place that feels familiar, yet wrong. Day and night levels bring different dangers, forcing you to fight with whatever you can find to survive and uncover the truth behind it.
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CHERNO
Single-player alternative to Bad birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad birthday.
Escape game where it is necessary to collect the clues to obtain the key and thus level up until you leave the building without being touched by the Russian experiments that seek to devour you. Show your ingenuity to look for clues in the dark and your agility to dodge the experiments' attacks.
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NoWay
Single-player alternative to Bad birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad birthday.
You wake up in a dark underground labyrinth. Zombies roam, hunters wait. Stay silent, run, fight, or survive by acting like one of them. You’re not even sure there’s a way out.
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Evil World HOPSCA
Single-player alternative to Bad birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad birthday.
This is a third-person horror escape game. It's weird. You face a million dangers in the mall. Run away from monsters and beware of all kinds of traps. Collect supplies, weapons and items to fight monsters, and medicines to restore various states. Solve puzzles and escape.
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A Way To Be Dead
Single-player alternative to Bad birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad birthday.
A Way to be Dead is an asymmetrical multiplayer (up to 5 players) horror game. Players can take on the role of killer, the victims, or even the undeads. Escape | Kill | Eat...
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Maze Escape
Single-player alternative to Bad birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad birthday.
This game is to escape the maze while avoiding zombies and obstacles. Use the item and remember the way you came to escape from the maze. Good luck.
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Journey Into Darkness
Single-player alternative to Bad birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad birthday.
In an unknown environment, only this light can bring a little warmth, but the continuous decline of the battery is stripping away my sense of security, I have to escape! A zombie game for 1-4 players. In darkness, players use flashlights to affect zombie behavior, explore, escape and reach the end.
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LOR - League of Runners
Single-player alternative to Bad birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bad birthday.
You will fight for the title of best runner in a beautiful fantasy world. You will need to pick up the scope to activate the portal and enter it. The main task - to pass as quickly as possible given the track.
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Ezy
Single-player alternative to Bad birthday — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad birthday.
A small 2D platformer in pixel style. You play as a dinosaur "Ezy", you need to get to the castle, but it will not be easy.