Single-player games like Infliction
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Infliction, 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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Visage
Single-player alternative to Infliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Infliction.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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Murmurs of Fear - A whisper of loneliness
Single-player alternative to Infliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Infliction.
Murmurs of Fear is a psychological horror about those left alone with the unexplainable. It is a self-contained story about fear, isolation, and the struggle to stay sane as reality itself begins to fracture.
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Layers of Fear 2 (2019)
Single-player alternative to Infliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Infliction.
A first‑person psychological horror game set on a haunted ocean liner. As an actor summoned by an unorthodox director, you’ll confront twisted memories from your past and learn the price of achieving the perfect performance.
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Locked Up
Single-player alternative to Infliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Infliction.
The game “Locked Up" is the first project developed in 2020 by the studio EMIKA_GAMES consisting of one person.
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Don't Be Afraid
Single-player alternative to Infliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Infliction.
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to Infliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Infliction.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.
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Blair Witch
Single-player alternative to Infliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Infliction.
A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.
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Chorus of Carcosa
Single-player alternative to Infliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Infliction.
Chorus of Carcosa is a first-person psychological horror game about an anxious sculptor who is trapped in a dark and ever-changing building. Stay silent, survive its twisted labyrinths and escape the monsters. Just don’t lose your way in the shadows or within your own mind.
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Layers of Fear (2016)
Single-player alternative to Infliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Infliction.
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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PT+
Single-player alternative to Infliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Infliction.
Use virtual reality to learn how to stretch and exercise your neck
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MADiSON
Single-player alternative to Infliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Infliction.
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
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Luto
Single-player alternative to Infliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Infliction.
Luto is a psychological horror experience where you take on the role of someone unable to leave their home. Every attempt to escape will lead you deeper into the unknown, where nothing is as it seems and everything will test your senses.
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The INDIGO Initiative
Single-player alternative to Infliction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Infliction.
A first-person puzzle adventure where you harness fire, water, electricity, and magnetism to solve multi-step puzzles and explore atmospheric realms to restore balance before reality collapses.