Single-player games like The Executioner
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Executioner, 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 Dark Inside Me
Single-player alternative to The Executioner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Executioner.
Psychological horror adventure game from a horror movie director based on dynamic scenario. The Dark Inside Me, is a very unique psychological horror adventure game from a horror movie director Akçay Karaazmak, based on dynamic interactive scenario.
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Vampyr
Single-player alternative to The Executioner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Executioner.
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
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Inquisitor
Single-player alternative to The Executioner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Executioner.
Action-oriented combat with a deep and involving tale of betrayal, torture, madness, and infernal damnation. If a gritty old-school open-ended isometric RPG is what you looking for, look no further. Inquisitor will provide you with hours of gameplay and a dark, involving story.
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Tokyo Dark
Single-player alternative to The Executioner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Executioner.
Legend tells of a door deep below Tokyo's sewers. All who enter are lost forever. Detective Ito's partner is missing. Explore Tokyo & uncover the darkness that lays beneath the streets in this Point & Click - meets Visual Novel - narrative adventure that questions the very core of Ito's sanity.
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Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
Single-player alternative to The Executioner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Executioner.
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
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Pathologic Classic HD
Single-player alternative to The Executioner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Executioner.
Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.
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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Single-player alternative to The Executioner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Executioner.
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
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Manhunt
Single-player alternative to The Executioner — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.