Single-player games like Lifeless Moon
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Lifeless Moon, 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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Lifeless Planet Premier Edition
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lifeless Moon.
PREMIER EDITION - While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon...
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Venineth
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lifeless Moon.
Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.
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Deliver Us The Moon
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lifeless Moon.
The Moon has gone dark, cutting off Earth’s last source of energy. As a lone astronaut, you’ll explore abandoned lunar bases, solve intricate puzzles, and navigate stunning zero-gravity environments. Operate advanced vehicles, uncover hidden truths, and survive in this gripping sci-fi thriller.
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Empathy: Path of Whispers
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lifeless Moon.
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
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Once Alive
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lifeless Moon.
A story-driven, first-person adventure game offering a cinematic experience. Embark on a journey to HaustVille, an abandoned settlement in a post-apocalyptic world. Explore your surroundings and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of the last survivors.
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The Talos Principle 2
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Lifeless Moon.
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
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ROUTINE
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lifeless Moon.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
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PLANET ALPHA
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lifeless Moon.
PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.
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Red Bow
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lifeless Moon.
If you were given another chance, would you take it? Or leave it in the hands of a little girl? Play as Roh, a young girl stuck in a bizarre nightmare of dark and eerie creatures.
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Supraland
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lifeless Moon.
Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.
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Axiom Verge
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lifeless Moon.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
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CONTRAL
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Lifeless Moon.
Control two characters simultaneously with your keyboard and mouse! Use your left hand to guide the robot toward the goal while your right hand creates platforms to pave the way forward. Master a unique single-player, dual-control action puzzle experience.
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Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lifeless Moon.
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.
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Neversong
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lifeless Moon.
Help little Peet hack-and-slash his way through a beautifully haunting coma. A hand-drawn action-adventure through a dreamy world filled with fleshy monsters, insane grown-ups, and sad children looking for their mommies.
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The King's Bird
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lifeless Moon.
Escape into a world kept secret by a tyrant, and discover the truth about your freedom. Run, jump, and fly through forgotten lost kingdoms with a uniquely momentum-based flying mechanic.
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Half Past Fate
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lifeless Moon.
Love is in the air, but work, life, and spicy Ramen keep getting in the way! From 8 hours to 8 years, this time-jumping saga will change the way you feel about fate forever.
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Land of Screens
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lifeless Moon.
When Holland’s social media is lit ablaze by a recent breakup, she embarks on a new mission to ditch the social media saturation and discover some real-world relationships among a Land of Screens.
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Pixel Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lifeless Moon.
A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.
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Return to Ash
Single-player alternative to Lifeless Moon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lifeless Moon.
“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”