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Single-player games like Nightlight Secrets

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Nightlight Secrets, 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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    REDEMPTION — Steam game cover

    REDEMPTION

    Single-player alternative to Nightlight Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Nightlight Secrets.

    "Redemption": A spine-chilling Stealth-Puzzle in a graveyard. Navigate as a skeleton, facing rats, zombies, and gargoyles. Use bone-throwing, parrying, hover jumping. Evolve abilities by consuming foes. Can you find redemption among the undead?

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Evil Nun: The Broken Mask — Steam game cover

    Evil Nun: The Broken Mask

    Single-player alternative to Nightlight Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightlight Secrets.

    Enter Evil Nun's nightmare. Trapped in a cursed school, escape from Sister Madeline. She's cunning, searching every corner, luring and talking to you depending on your actions. Solve puzzles, craft items, and uncover the mystery in this horror game with different escape routes.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Escape: Together — Steam game cover

    The Escape: Together

    Single-player alternative to Nightlight Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightlight Secrets.

    The Escape: Together is a 1-3 player Online CO-OP escape horror. The paranormal creature has taken over the house. You must use everything you find to survive and make your runaway.

    2023ActionIndieEarly Access3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GYLT — Steam game cover

    GYLT

    Single-player alternative to Nightlight Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nightlight Secrets.

    Shape your fears… Fear the shapes. Embark on a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions in this narrative adventure game with puzzles, stealth and action.

    2023ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Other Side — Steam game cover

    The Other Side

    Single-player alternative to Nightlight Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Nightlight Secrets.

    The Other Side is a co-op psychological thriller for up to 6 players. Your goal is to investigate haunted locations using modern ghost hunting equipment, gather evidence, identify entities, and cleanse them from the location. Customize your character, headquarters, and more.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie13.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Midnight Walk — Steam game cover

    The Midnight Walk

    Single-player alternative to Nightlight Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nightlight Secrets.

    Follow The Midnight Walk in a dark adventure from the minds behind Lost in Random. Befriend a lost lantern creature and light your way through a world of wonder and terror. Outsmart monsters and marvel at details in a landscape handcrafted with real clay and animated in a stop motion style.

    2025IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Outlast Trials — Steam game cover

    The Outlast Trials

    Single-player alternative to Nightlight Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nightlight Secrets.

    Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Plague Tale: Innocence — Steam game cover

    A Plague Tale: Innocence

    Single-player alternative to Nightlight Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nightlight Secrets.

    Follow the grim tale of young Amicia and her little brother Hugo, in a heartrending journey through the darkest hours of history.

    2019ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →