Single-player games like Don't Be Afraid
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Don't Be Afraid, 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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Don't Be Afraid 2
Single-player alternative to Don't Be Afraid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Be Afraid.
Descend deep into the nightmare that seamlessly blends with reality in this uncanny horror escape room game. Can you find your way out of the horrid mansion or will you succumb to your fears? Can you face and overcome your past, or will it break you?
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The Backrooms Project
Single-player alternative to Don't Be Afraid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Be Afraid.
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?
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The Solus Project
Single-player alternative to Don't Be Afraid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Be Afraid.
The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...
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Infliction
Single-player alternative to Don't Be Afraid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Be Afraid.
Wander through an interactive nightmare set within the confines of a once-happy household. Piece together the mystery behind a harrowing series of events while struggling to survive encounters with an entity that relentlessly stands in the way of finding absolution.
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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to Don't Be Afraid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Be Afraid.
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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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Don't Be Afraid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Be Afraid.
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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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs
Single-player alternative to Don't Be Afraid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Be Afraid.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.
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HORROR TALES: The Wine
Single-player alternative to Don't Be Afraid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Don't Be Afraid.
Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D
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AMNESIA
Single-player alternative to Don't Be Afraid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Don't Be Afraid.
After a series of events now shrouded in mystery, our protagonist - a young man - fell into a coma, losing all recollection of the person he used to be. He is given a clean slate. All that’s left to do now is to carefully and thoroughly investigate every facet of your former self.