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Single-player games like Damned Hours

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Damned Hours, 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 Goatman

    Single-player alternative to Damned Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Damned Hours.

    The Goatman is an Online CO-OP hunting game. It all began on February 23, 2019 with a call for help from the Greenfield village. It was alleged that a mysterious creature like a half goat and half demon attacked people and animals. Upon this call, a military research team set out.

    2018ActionStrategyAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HJ: Sacrifice — Steam game cover

    HJ: Sacrifice

    Single-player alternative to Damned Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Damned Hours.

    Horror Jail, Professor Dr. Cherubs's little hell on earth. Your sole purpose in single player action-horror game to survive this horrible prison. But you are not alone.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage — Steam game cover

    Viscera Cleanup Detail: Santa's Rampage

    Single-player alternative to Damned Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Damned Hours.

    Tragedy! Santa; the toy giving folk-hero, and purveyor of fine Christmas goods, has had enough. Endless requests from greedy children wanting more and more every year, tax increases, pressure from elf unions, bills, reindeer!

    2013IndieSimulationGore2.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Gleam: VR Escape the Room — Steam game cover

    The Gleam: VR Escape the Room

    Single-player alternative to Damned Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Damned Hours.

    The Gleam is an escape the room game for the HTC Vive. Solve puzzles, decipher code, and unravel the mysteries of the "gleam" in order to escape from this claustrophobic hell.

    2016StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Broken Spell 2 — Steam game cover

    Broken Spell 2

    Single-player alternative to Damned Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Damned Hours.

    Broken Spell 2 is an ARPG game. You will fight in blood with cruel and ferocious warlock and sorcerers for saving pretty girls.

    2020ActionSportsStrategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    [Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント — Steam game cover

    [Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント

    Single-player alternative to Damned Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Damned Hours.

    Aka Manto (赤マント Red Cloak), aka Red Cape or Red Mantle, is a Japanese urban legend about a masked spirit who wears a red cloak, and who appears to people using public or school restrooms.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Amazing Shrinking Giraffe — Steam game cover

    The Amazing Shrinking Giraffe

    Single-player alternative to Damned Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Damned Hours.

    You are Ginger, an everyday talking giraffe has been chosen to save the Universe. You have been given powers are to change size from the size of the Universe to the size of an atom. You are now "The Amazing Shrinking Giraffe".

    2020StrategyAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Dump in the Dark — Steam game cover

    A Dump in the Dark

    Single-player alternative to Damned Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Damned Hours.

    Your cheeks will quiver in fear, as ghastly ghouls accost your rear. You will gape in horror, as you face the dark. Only your rump can guide you through.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Falling Nights ® — Steam game cover

    The Falling Nights ®

    Single-player alternative to Damned Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Gore with Damned Hours.

    The player takes the role of Jake Lawrence, a father who will do anything to protect his daughter Rachel. Both are involved in an accident in which Rachel disappears mysteriously. Jake has to look for his daughter while strange events happen around him.

    2017IndieViolentGore4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →