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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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    Beneath the Quiet: Where It Ends — Steam game cover

    Beneath the Quiet: Where It Ends

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

    Beneath The Quiet: Where It Ends is a first-person psychological horror game. After a bank ultimatum forces you back to your childhood home in Miskolc, Hungary, you return to pack up the past, only to uncover buried trauma, unsettling memories, and a mind you can no longer trust.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure9.99 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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    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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    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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    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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    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 →