Single-player games like The Inner Darkness
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Inner Darkness, 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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A Strange Hotel
Single-player alternative to The Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Inner Darkness.
Find clever solutions to the physics based puzzles of A Strange Hotel. In this short but sweet puzzle platformer you have to find solutions to simple and complex puzzles while using your vacuum to grab physics objects.
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ASTRAL
Single-player alternative to The Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Inner Darkness.
The future came. You'd think that means the apex of the progress and science, but no. After the epidemic spread all over the world in 2022, 95% of the whole population mutated into horrible creatures without any moral values or humanity and started hunting everything that moves. The planet became empty.
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Lasagna Boy
Single-player alternative to The Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Inner Darkness.
An adventure horror game with a Gameboy aesthetic. Lasagna boy brings a mix of puzzle, adventure, and platforming along with some minor shooting elements, all packaged together in a charming yet haunting pixel art style.
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Selma and the Wisp
Single-player alternative to The Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Inner Darkness.
Selma and the Wisp is an astonishing platform game with a particularly eerie feel to it. Densely packed with logical puzzles and unexpected obstacles, the game incorporates innovative gameplay, low-poly models and an spectacular animations.
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Monochroma
Single-player alternative to The Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Inner Darkness.
Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.
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Timewinder
Single-player alternative to The Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Inner Darkness.
TIMEWINDER is a 2D platformer with puzzle and precision elements. Run, jump, dash and travel in time to brave the obstacles and continue on your journey, but be careful not to break the timeline continuity!
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The Explorer of Night
Single-player alternative to The Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Inner Darkness.
The explorer of night is an minimalist platformer, where you need to help the main character to get out of the forest, inhabited by unfriendly enemies and dangerous traps.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to The Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Inner Darkness.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Moustache Mountain
Single-player alternative to The Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Inner Darkness.
A young moustache enthusiast goes on an adventure, to climb the highest flying mountain in search of a magical moustache gel!
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There Was A Caveman
Single-player alternative to The Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Inner Darkness.
There Was A Caveman is a prehistoric themed, retro styled, action platformer. With challenging gameplay that will keep you on your toes. Get ready to die and die a lot.
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Bacon Rebellion
Single-player alternative to The Inner Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Inner Darkness.
Do you ever want to just relax and slaughter something? Well, lucky for you, the pigs have gone mad! They are destroying everything! So grab your trusty double-barreled friend and put an end to this Bacon Rebellion!