Single-player games like The Nothing
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Nothing, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like The Nothing page.
Ranked picks
- 1
Neverending Nightmares
Single-player alternative to The Nothing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Nothing.
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.
- 2
The Final Station
Single-player alternative to The Nothing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Nothing.
Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.
- 3
Eldritch
Single-player alternative to The Nothing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Nothing.
Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.
- 4
Lovecraft's Untold Stories
Single-player alternative to The Nothing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Nothing.
Lovecraft’s Untold Stories is an action roguelite with RPG elements. Explore randomly generated levels based in Lovecraft's stories, fight cultists and all kinds of monsters from the Mythos, improve your gear, solve puzzles, and find clues and knowledge to defeat the Great Old Ones.
- 5
Euclidean
Single-player alternative to The Nothing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Nothing.
Euclidean; a game of geometric horror; a slow descent into the dark, into madness, futility, and despair, where Things greater than you watch and wait and dream. Struggle for every second of life you have left… Even knowing you’re better off dead.
- 6
CARRION
Single-player alternative to The Nothing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Nothing.
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
- 7
ANIMAL WELL
Single-player alternative to The Nothing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Nothing.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
- 8
Thumper
Single-player alternative to The Nothing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Nothing.
Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.
- 9
Dead End Road
Single-player alternative to The Nothing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Nothing.
Dead End Road is an atmospheric driving game, with a low-fi aesthetic and procedurally generated elements. Complete your journey to seek the assistance of the old witch at Dead End Road; Get there before daybreak and perhaps, just perhaps, you can escape this nightmare.
- 10
Illuminascii
Single-player alternative to The Nothing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Nothing.
Illuminascii - a first person shooter with an ascii text based visual style, featuring randomly generated content and roguelike / rpg elements. Monsters, weapons, armor, levels and cutscenes are all created with random characteristics.
- 11
Carpe Deal 'Em
Single-player alternative to The Nothing — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Carpe Deal 'Em is a life simulator / card game hybrid, with elements from the visual novel / CYOA genres.