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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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    Ninja Blast — Steam game cover

    Ninja Blast

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

    Independent action game that features an action game mode and a stealth game mode, with strong narrative and graphic violence. Completely remade and improved in 2024 at no additional cost.

    2022ActionStrategyAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nameless — Steam game cover

    Nameless

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

    A man hides in a remote building deep in a silent forest, where uncertain memories resurface and reality begins to slip. As you uncover the reasons behind his retreat, you’ll gather scrap, buy equipment, and try to survive an intruder who grows more unpredictable each night.

    IndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ABIDE — Steam game cover

    ABIDE

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

    ABIDE is a psychological first person horror game using prosthetic gore effects, stop motion and dolls scanned into 3D models. A peaceful retreat where people go to get better. A place for people to air their demons.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-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 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ViruZ — Steam game cover

    ViruZ

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

    Do you have what it takes to make it out of a top-secret laboratory's depths? If so, are you up for the ultimate challenge? You play as a powerful monster in this action-packed platformer game, using your unique skills to solve puzzles and take down enemies in your quest for freedom.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-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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    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 →
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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 →