Single-player games like Absinth
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Absinth, 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 Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to Absinth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.
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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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Absinth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absinth.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Gray Dawn
Single-player alternative to Absinth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absinth.
Embark on a terrifying adventure of a priest accused of murdering an altar boy. Gray Dawn is a psychological thriller infused with religious elements and combines story-driven quests with an artistic experience.
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Outlast 2
Single-player alternative to Absinth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.
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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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Single-player alternative to Absinth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Absinth.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Absinth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.
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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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to Absinth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Absinth.
Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!
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Incantation
Single-player alternative to Absinth — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Absinth.
A mother, searching for her lost daughter, stumbles into a strange cult village. "Incantation" is a first-person horror game. It reveals the chilling story behind the "Chen Family Village". What are the consequences of crossing dark boundaries?