Single-player games like Irony Of Nightmare
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Irony Of Nightmare, 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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>observer_
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Irony Of Nightmare.
The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
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Styxton
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Irony Of Nightmare.
"Styxton" is a nonlinear horror visual novel. Sometimes, salvation is the worst curse. You are alive. Now find out who needed it.
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IMAGO: Beyond the Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Irony Of Nightmare.
IMAGO is a psychological horror game set in a dark and hostile world between dream and reality, in which mysterious creatures hide inscrutable secrets. Play Marty Burton, the detective of dreams, to unravel the case and bring home a child who has disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
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Raging Loop
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Irony Of Nightmare.
The feast has begun, can you escape the village alive?
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Rabbit Hole
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Irony Of Nightmare.
An ancient evil has descended upon the rural town of Rabbit Hole. Now Shaun Turner not only has to untangle a twisted web of supernatural events and mysteries to save his family but also escape from the hellish remains of his hometown.
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Mists of Aiden
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Irony Of Nightmare.
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
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ECHO
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Irony Of Nightmare.
After a century in stasis the girl En arrives at her destination: A Palace out of legend. Out here, using forgotten technologies, she hopes to bring back a life that shouldn’t have been lost. But nothing could prepare her for what she’ll face in the ancient halls below.
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The Evil Within 2
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Irony Of Nightmare.
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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Mother Simulator
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Irony Of Nightmare.
It’s a humorous project about a young parent's difficult weekdays. If you feel worried, irritated, you don’t understand what’s going on and what you must do next, so don’t worry. We want to give you exactly these feelings in our game.
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Palmyra Orphanage
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Irony Of Nightmare.
Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.
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Stranger Things 3: The Game
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Stranger Things 3: The Game is the official companion game to Season 3 of the hit original series! Play through familiar events from the series while also uncovering never-before-seen quests, character interactions, and secrets!
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Crimson Snow (2023)
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Irony Of Nightmare.
Christmas is a joyful time, but this time something dark is hiding behind the holiday decorations. Your actions will determine whether you and your girlfriend survive Christmas night.
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Into The Matrix
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Irony Of Nightmare.
"Into The Matrix" is a multiplayer horror game where you and your friends must explore, survive, and outsmart dangers . Many entities are after you, but the Overseer is the true threat. Can you escape its grasp?
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The Inn-Sanity
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Early 90s. You stayed in a quiet hotel for just one night and the next morning you’ve found out that the old world was destroyed. Alien dreams, secrets of your past and other guests that are turning into monsters. This hotel will not let you to check out.
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Prognostic
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Irony Of Nightmare.
An orphan returns to the house of the deceased fortune-teller to uncover the secret of his family's death. He must accept his legacy and become a prognostic before supernatural madness engulfs people of his town.
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Give Me Your Coins
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Irony Of Nightmare.
Give Me Your Coins is a fast-paced platformer built on precision and momentum. Try to get out of the magic chest, go through the several dozen levels created inside his wooden body.
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SpellFront
Single-player alternative to Irony Of Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Irony Of Nightmare.
SpellFront is a single-player first person shooter that takes place in the world of a medieval fantasy, experiencing the attack of the aliens. The player assumes role of an ancient sorcerer who must find a way to defeat invaders with only her might and her magic.