Single-player games like Escape
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Escape, 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 Entity
Single-player alternative to Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape.
The Entity is a first person horror game based in your deceased grandmothers house. You wake up to strange noises you remember hearing when you were a child. You must go investigate!
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The Forgotten
Single-player alternative to Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape.
The Forgotten is a first-person psychological horror game. Discover a beautiful yet eerie environment with secret locations that will keep you on the edge of your seat with fear. Find your friends if they are still alive and uncover the dark secrets of the forgotten valley before they are gone forever.
- 3
Midnight Train
Single-player alternative to Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape.
You wake up alone on a mysterious subway train. Can you find the true story ? Solve puzzles and escape… before the thing in the shadows finds you.
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The Backrooms Project
Single-player alternative to Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape.
Scientists made a new discovery about the Backrooms. Noclipping out of bounds in normal reality was a myth for long, but now it can be real! Now they are looking for subjects to test it on civil people. There are already scientists inside, so you have nothing to worry about, they say. Or do you?
- 5
Old School FOTD
Single-player alternative to Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape.
You play as a schizophrenic and must find an outlet at any cost...
- 6
File Destined
Single-player alternative to Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape.
Can this last case of Oliver, all be just a small part of a bigger picture? Gather clues, unravel the mystery behind the case and uncover the truth.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape.
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.
- 8
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh
Single-player alternative to Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape.
Doorways: Holy Mountains of Flesh is an Immersive Horror Adventure, featuring a Complex Story and Deep Atmosphere.
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Unknown Presence
Single-player alternative to Escape — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape.
Unknown Presence is a first-person adventure horror game where you will witness unexplainable phenomena, from floating orbs to unknown beings. You will explore many locations, from caves all the way up to snowy mountains and everything in between.