Single-player games like INFERNIUM
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to INFERNIUM, 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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Addled Clicker
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
Addled Clicker is an idle-clicker game that takes place in the dark and twisted facility of "Chamber 49" -- ran by a mysterious figure called "The Director". Appease the Director's wishes by increasing the button count while surviving what creeps out from the darkness.
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DreadFall
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with INFERNIUM.
Embark on a chilling odyssey in Dreadfall, a horror platformer where you descend into your own nightmare. Fight monsters, solve puzzles, and upgrade your abilities as you journey through a haunting dream world.
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In Hope Voiden
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
A forbidden warzone. Twelve soldiers. One life each. In this first person survival horror, death is permanent and the world remembers. Explore a surreal, trench-ridden hellscape where every action matters - and every death uncovers a new piece of a haunting mystery.
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Where They Go
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
Play as Nia as she tries to escape the shifting Mechanika Hotel. Use specialized crafted items, perks and stealth to avoid smart monsters hunting you. Intense horror gameplay and a world steeped in lore for you to discover.
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County Hospital 2
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
Paranormal Horror! Using just a handycam go inside a very dark abandoned hospital, the nightvision will help you to see, explore the place and face all kinds of brutal entities in a creepy inmersive enviroment *Mission: Find a fuse to return the power and then destroy the place by setting it on fire
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Inhabitant: A Family Curse
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
Inhabitant: A Family Curse is a first-person psychological horror game about investigating the unexplained disappearance of the Whitmore family. Explore their home, solve environmental puzzles, manage limited resources, and uncover the secrets they left behind.
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Rune Fencer Illyia
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
Traverse a massive, ruined and beautiful world in this intense, atmospheric action platformer. Steal enemy abilities and fight them back with their own runic magic and deadly swordplay, as you attempt to find your lost twin sister in the sunken kingdom of Ithos.
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THE DARK DWELLERS
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
In this dank pit of rot and undeath, take control of The Mortali, the newest member of ragtag-group THE DARK DWELLERS. Fight and crawl your way through this subterranean land, collect unique weapons, learn devastating Blood Magic spells and attempt to end The Maddening Curse.
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MIND: Path to Thalamus Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale. Now also in Virtual Reality!
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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Metroidvania
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
Explore a dark pixel-art metroidvania filled with fast-paced combat, challenging bosses, hidden secrets, and rewarding exploration as you unlock new paths through a mysterious world.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
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PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with INFERNIUM.
PAC-MAN arrives home on his birthday to find the Ghosts have kidnapped PAC-MAN’s family and ruined his party! Off to the rescue, PAC-MAN sets out to Ghost Island!
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Evil Nun: The Broken Mask
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
Enter Evil Nun's nightmare. Trapped in a cursed school, escape from Sister Madeline. She's cunning, searching every corner, luring and talking to you depending on your actions. Solve puzzles, craft items, and uncover the mystery in this horror game with different escape routes.
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HORROR TALES: The Wine
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
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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Koral
Single-player alternative to INFERNIUM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INFERNIUM.
Koral, a love letter to the ocean. Dive into the beautiful underwater world as a sea current. Solve puzzles to bring back to life coral reefs and spread the beauty of the oceans in different sea ecosystems.