Single-player games like Silver Chains
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Silver Chains, 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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Ad Infinitum
Single-player alternative to Silver Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Silver Chains.
When reality is a nightmare, nightmares become real. In this psychological horror game, you fight the terrifying creatures invading your mind. Can you save your sanity?
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Mists of Aiden
Single-player alternative to Silver Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silver Chains.
Mists of Aiden is a first-person story driven horror game. You play as a thief trapped in an eerie mansion. Each choice can open a new mystery of the house and lead to a unique walkthrough and ending. Uncover final secret of the house. Uncover your own secrets.
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The Beast Inside
Single-player alternative to Silver Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silver Chains.
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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Infliction
Single-player alternative to Silver Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silver Chains.
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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Don't Be Afraid
Single-player alternative to Silver Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silver Chains.
Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…
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Amygdala
Single-player alternative to Silver Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silver Chains.
Welcome to Amygdala, seeker of nightmares. In the presence of the Absolute Judge, you are assigned a task that only you can accomplish. Immerse yourself in this place made of emotions. Discover unique creatures called 'lords of nightmares' and uncover the beauties of horror in this unique adventure.
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Layers of Fear
Single-player alternative to Silver Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Silver Chains.
The era-defining first-person psychological horror in all its terrifying glory. All of the game’s chapters collected into one convenient package that allows you to plumb the depths of madness in pursuit of artistic revelation.
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Maid of Sker
Single-player alternative to Silver Chains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Silver Chains.
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!