Single-player games like The Dark Occult
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Dark Occult, 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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Visage
Single-player alternative to The Dark Occult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Dark Occult.
Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.
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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to The Dark Occult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Dark Occult.
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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MADiSON
Single-player alternative to The Dark Occult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Dark Occult.
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to The Dark Occult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Dark Occult.
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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Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward
Single-player alternative to The Dark Occult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Dark Occult.
Project Nightmares is a survival horror game with a procedural structure, creating unique scares every time you play. A machine will induce you into a dream state, throwing you into a living nightmare firsthand in order to discover the story of Henrietta Kedward, an old woman with a dark past.
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Home Sweet Home
Single-player alternative to The Dark Occult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Dark Occult.
Home Sweet Home is a first-person horror adventure game based on Thai myths and beliefs. The core gameplay focuses on storytelling and stealth to avoid perilous spirits hunting you. Moreover, few puzzles are added into the game, making gameplay more various.
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Infliction
Single-player alternative to The Dark Occult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Dark Occult.
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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Outlast
Single-player alternative to The Dark Occult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Dark Occult.
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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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to The Dark Occult — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Dark Occult.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.