Single-player games like The Entity
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Entity, 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 Forgotten
Single-player alternative to The Entity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Entity.
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.
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Escape
Single-player alternative to The Entity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Entity.
You're on a camping trip with some friends. They go missing, you can hear something in the woods. What would you do? You must Escape by yourself with nothing other than your flashlight. You cannot bring your friends back but you can Escape.
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The Backrooms Project
Single-player alternative to The Entity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Entity.
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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Agony
Single-player alternative to The Entity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Entity.
Agony is a first-person, survival horror set in hell. You will begin your journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about your past. The special ability to control people on your path, and possess demons, gives you the measures to survive.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to The Entity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Entity.
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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[Chilla's Art] Aka Manto | 赤マント
Single-player alternative to The Entity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Entity.
Aka Manto (赤マント Red Cloak), aka Red Cape or Red Mantle, is a Japanese urban legend about a masked spirit who wears a red cloak, and who appears to people using public or school restrooms.
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Outlast 2
Single-player alternative to The Entity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Entity.
Outlast 2 introduces you to Sullivan Knoth and his followers, who left our wicked world behind to give birth to Temple Gate, a town, deep in the wilderness and hidden from civilization. Knoth and his flock are preparing for the tribulations of the end of times and you’re right in the thick of it.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to The Entity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Entity.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
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Unknown Presence
Single-player alternative to The Entity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Entity.
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.