Single-player games like Dread of Laughter
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dread of Laughter, 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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Remothered: Tormented Fathers
Single-player alternative to Dread of Laughter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame
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Psychopathy Assessment
Single-player alternative to Dread of Laughter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
Psychopathy Assessment is a retro-80s V.H.S PS1 style analog horror game that blurs the line between reality and delusion. Step into a universe where you're not just playing a game; you're taking a psychopathy test, but the stakes are considerably higher than a straightforward diagnosis.
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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to Dread of Laughter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
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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Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Dread of Laughter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
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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TORMENTOR
Single-player alternative to Dread of Laughter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
Take on the role of a merciless torturer. Earn money from video transmissions of your manhunts.
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Lucius II
Single-player alternative to Dread of Laughter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
Lucius is taken to the psychiatric ward of St. Benedict’s Hospital by unsuspecting caretakers. The Book of Revelation predicts the birth of a child that would end up ruling the world with an iron rod. The first part of this prophecy has been fulfilled. It is time to take care of the rest.
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Outlast
Single-player alternative to Dread of Laughter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
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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Unholy
Single-player alternative to Dread of Laughter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
Open the doors between your everyday reality and a dark unholy world to unveil the mystery of the disappearance of your child. Explore both worlds to find clues, solve puzzles, decide whether you infiltrate or fight brutal enemies and stand up to an aberrant establishment.
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TUONELA
Single-player alternative to Dread of Laughter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dread of Laughter.
Descend down to the dark hellish realms of madness and despair and fight your way through hordes of undead, demons and other creatures of nightmarish powers. Collect treasures and unlock more heroes as you journey through the underworld alone or with your friends.