Single-player games like SLUDGE LIFE
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to SLUDGE LIFE, 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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Sewer Rave
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE.
Exactly what it says on the tin. Sewer Rave is a game about exploring a rat infested Rave in a Sewer. There are creatures to talk to, items to collect, fights to get into, and jams to listen to. Explore, discover secrets, and writhe.
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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AnderKant 4
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
The 4th in the series. Discover more enhanced Visuals and great Music while you move through 7 different universes of your choosing in a fully 3D immersive first-person experience.
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fiction.colors
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
Endless subway rides, void probes, cosmic gardens and the fate of a planet, fiction.colors is a series of short atmospheric experiences to explore at leisure.
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Scared by Squares
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
Scared by Squares is an experiment in horror. Can you create fear without ghosts, zombies, creepy dolls, or the usual tropes? What if all you had was the least scary thing in the world: a simple cube? The result might surprise you.
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MUZEGATE
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE.
MUZEGATE is a virtual concert application with sensational techno and EDM music, vivid lightshows, DJ view and 3 original environments. Ideal for virtual reality, but PC support is also included.
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Under Iron Water
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
A first person adventure game with light platforming elements. On an island, somewhere in the ocean, a powerful creature has been captured but is slowly gaining power. It sends it's minions across the island to spread it's influence, one such location being the old village crypt, where you awaken.
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One Death at a Time
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
One Death at a Time is a first-person exploration game. You play as John, in the midle of a midlife crisis. A suspicious milk carton offers you a wish in exchange for 20 souls… but because you're a good person, you'll have to die yourself and explore the city in search of 20 ways to do it.
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Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
Play as Trane, a "toy" graffiti artist with the street smarts, athletic prowess and vision to become an "All City King" - the most reputable of all graffiti artists. Along your quest, uncover the mayor's deep, dark secret and use your fighting talents and high-wire graffiti to expose the city's leader as a corrupt...
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High Hell
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE.
High Hell is a neon-soaked, arcade-action first-person shooter from Terri Vellmann (Heavy Bullets) and Doseone (Enter the Gungeon, Gang Beasts).
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Heavy Bullets
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with SLUDGE LIFE.
Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.
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SLUDGE LIFE 2
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
SLUDGE LIFE 2 is the grimiest first-person vandalism sim since the first SLUDGE LIFE—but, like, twice as dense. Explore a huger, weirder, gnarlier open world loaded with secrets, weirdos, jokes, and, of course, plenty of spots to tag.
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SLUDGE LIFE: The BIG MUD Sessions
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SLUDGE LIFE.
Munch down a bite-sized SLUDGE LIFE experience in this free self-contained interlude.
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GUNCHO
Single-player alternative to SLUDGE LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In this small scale, turn based tactics game, you spin Guncho's revolver cylinder to keep his bullets aligned to enemies. Fight your way through randomly generated shootouts. Upgrade your bullets and use tactical abilities to defeat your foes. Ride your donkey and become the ultimate Pistolero.