Single-player games like Shadows 2: Perfidia
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Shadows 2: Perfidia, 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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Neverending Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Shadows 2: Perfidia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.
Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.
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Penumbra Overture
Single-player alternative to Shadows 2: Perfidia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.
Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Shadows 2: Perfidia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Shadows 2: Perfidia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
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The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
Single-player alternative to Shadows 2: Perfidia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a Korean survival horror-adventure. Venture from your deserted school to survive the horrors of the night. Explore the surrounding Sehwa district and uncover the shadow realm's dark secrets. Use everything at your disposal to avoid a demoness hellbent on killing you!
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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to Shadows 2: Perfidia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadows 2: Perfidia.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
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Tormented Souls 2
Single-player alternative to Shadows 2: Perfidia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadows 2: Perfidia.
Caroline Walker returns in the sequel to the award-winning survival horror classic. Explore the decaying remains of the secluded Villa Hess, use improvised weapons to confront terrifying creatures, and bend the fabric of reality to save your sister from a twisted cult.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Shadows 2: Perfidia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows 2: Perfidia.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to Shadows 2: Perfidia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows 2: Perfidia.
A first-person psychological horror with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and storytelling. Explore an ever-shifting Victorian mansion as a painter seeking to complete his masterpiece, even at the cost of his own sanity.
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INQUIR P.T.
Single-player alternative to Shadows 2: Perfidia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.
A post-apocalyptic story-based action adventure game. Fully customizable weapons and a high mobility character. Zombie horde mode and full of action, blood, brutality.
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Apparition
Single-player alternative to Shadows 2: Perfidia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadows 2: Perfidia.
First-person survival horror with ghosts and demons. Find yourself smack in the middle of a haunted forest in the dead of night. Talk to spirits through your Spirit Board. Capture evidence of the paranormal, but beware, fiercely aggressive demons are on the hunt.