Single-player games like Lake
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Lake, 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 β Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lake.
Even the smallest person can make a big difference. Join Alba, as she sets out to save her beautiful island and its wildlife. And possibly start a revolution.
- 2
Cloudpunk
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake.
A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. Itβs your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Donβt miss a delivery and donβt ask whatβs in the package.
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Road 96 π£οΈ
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake.
Hitchhike your way to freedom in this crazy procedurally generated road trip. No one's road is the same!
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TOEM: A Photo Adventure
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake.
Set off on a delightful expedition and use your photographic eye to uncover the mysteries of the magical TOEM in this hand-drawn adventure game. Chat with quirky characters, solve their problems by snapping neat photos, and make your way through a relaxing landscape!
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Wayward Strand
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake.
Wayward Strand is a heartfelt story told in a curious way. Hop aboard an airborne hospital and meet its fully-voiced cast of eclectic characters. As time passes for everyone on board, explore the interwoven lives of the patients and staff; discover something new on each and every playthrough.
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Sable
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake.
Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.
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Coffee Talk
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake.
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoplesβ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
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A Short Hike
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
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Boxes: Lost Fragments
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake.
As a legendary thief, your next assignment lures you into a grand and lavish mansion. There you find a series of puzzle boxes, designed for an unknown purpose. What should have been a quick in-and-out, gradually turns into your own harrowing struggle for freedom and answers.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
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Yesterday
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lake.
Yesterday is a thrilling and dark mystery from the masters of adventure, Pendulo Studios.
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The Case of the Golden Idol
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake.
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
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Monument Valley
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake.
Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lake.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
- 15
Turmoil
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lake.
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
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iO
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lake.
iO is an abstract physics platformer about size and speed. Grow bigger and smaller in order to solve some of the trickiest puzzles. Reach the exit as quickly as possible and grab a gold medal as your reward!
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Lines
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lake.
Lines is an abstract βzenβ game experience where form is just as important as function. Place or remove Dots to initiate a colourful race that fills a drawing. The colour that dominates the race wins.
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Team Racing League
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In this unique 3 on 3 racegame, it's up to you and your teammates to finish before the opposing team does. Mastering the high quality vehicle handling, special abilities, and optimal Team Strategy are key to win the race.
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Briquid
Single-player alternative to Lake β playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lake.
Briquid is a simple yet challenging water physics puzzle game. Build bricks, remove them, or change the direction of gravity to get the water to its destination.