Single-player games like Life is Pointless
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Life is Pointless, 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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Imagine Lifetimes
Single-player alternative to Life is Pointless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Life is Pointless.
Satirical, short and simple point-and-click "simulation" game about the meaninglessness of life.
- 2
Reigns: Her Majesty
Single-player alternative to Life is Pointless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Life is Pointless.
Reigns: Her Majesty is the revolutionary follow-up to the smash swipe ‘em up hit Reigns.
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Trolley Problem, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Life is Pointless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Life is Pointless.
Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.
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Thought Experiment Simulator
Single-player alternative to Life is Pointless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Life is Pointless.
This is a stupid game that might include Trolley Problem, Ship of Theseus, Brain in a Vat, Infinite Monkey, Sisyphus, Prisoner's Dilemma, Schrodinger's Cat, etc.
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Little Inferno
Single-player alternative to Life is Pointless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Life is Pointless.
Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine.
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Everything
Single-player alternative to Life is Pointless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Life is Pointless.
Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.
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Far from Noise
Single-player alternative to Life is Pointless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Life is Pointless.
Far from Noise is a narrative set on the edge of a cliff, where two characters discuss what it means to balance between life and death.
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Goat Simulator
Single-player alternative to Life is Pointless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Life is Pointless.
Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.