Single-player games like The Darkness
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Darkness, 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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ANIMAL WELL
Single-player alternative to The Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Darkness.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
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CARRION
Single-player alternative to The Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Darkness.
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to The Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Darkness.
From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to The Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Darkness.
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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Deadlight
Single-player alternative to The Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Darkness.
“Probably the best downloadable title on the market right now.” 9/10 – Eurogamer.se
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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to The Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Darkness.
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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The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
Single-player alternative to The Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Darkness.
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a Korean survival horror-adventure. Venture from your deserted school to survive the horrors of the night. Explore the surrounding Sehwa district and uncover the shadow realm's dark secrets. Use everything at your disposal to avoid a demoness hellbent on killing you!
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The Final Station
Single-player alternative to The Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Darkness.
Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.