Single-player games like Polterheist
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Polterheist, 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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Creature Hunt
Single-player alternative to Polterheist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
Creature Hunt is a combination of a survival horror and a hunting simulator. According to some articles in the local press, a few days ago several bodies of dead tourists were found in the woods of North Carolina.
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RECIPROCITY: The Liminal Void
Single-player alternative to Polterheist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
RECIPROCITY is a first-person horror game set in a Backrooms-inspired liminal world. Evade a relentless, unscripted entity, discover gadgets, sell items, upgrade your gear and escape. Your camera can reveal hidden paths and secrets, but each use empowers the very thing hunting you.
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Tainted Pools
Single-player alternative to Polterheist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
Tainted Pools is a first-person survival horror set in the eerie poolrooms of Backrooms Level 130. A stalking entity lurks in the shadows, drawn to every sound. Scavenge for resources and survive long enough to find your way out.
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Midnight Train
Single-player alternative to Polterheist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
You wake up alone on a mysterious subway train. Can you find the true story ? Solve puzzles and escape… before the thing in the shadows finds you.
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The Furry Protocol
Single-player alternative to Polterheist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
Survive and escape from the scientific research complex in the Siberian forests and uncover the secrets of the corporation that built this complex.
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Backrooms Break
Single-player alternative to Polterheist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
Explore and break the environments of the Backrooms and Poolrooms! Utilize Thor's demolition hammer, firearms, and explosives to carve your way through the walls and entities. This isn't just another mundane walking simulator game. Now the entities are the victims. Overcome your fears with violence.
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Homeless Simulator
Single-player alternative to Polterheist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Polterheist.
Homeless Simulator is a homeless person simulator. Homeless persons are those who find themselves living on the streets because of family conflicts, somebody’s fraud, loss of the job or health problems. They are those who need help.
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Chernobylite Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Polterheist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
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TAKEN
Single-player alternative to Polterheist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
TAKEN is a suspenseful, horror survival game where you find yourself trapped in a mysterious hedge maze that changes shape, size, and complexity every time you play. Not only must you find your way out, you must do it without being detected. Find the key and get the heck out of there!
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Rake
Single-player alternative to Polterheist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
Do ghosts exist? What about Bigfoot, Chupacabras,Rake or Skinwalkers? And how will we ever know? You play as Gordon Davis, a scientist,a traveller and an explorer of unknown creatures and unusual events.
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At Home
Single-player alternative to Polterheist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Polterheist.
At Home is an indie horror where strangers come to your house and kidnap you and then you find yourself in a forest in a locked hut. Your task now is to escape.
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Cold Wind
Single-player alternative to Polterheist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Polterheist.
Cold Wind is a first-person game where you are going to experience yourself what it feels like to be homeless. You will be exploring a large winter city looking for food, saving yourself from cold and wind at a fire.