Single-player games like Imagine Lifetimes
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Imagine Lifetimes, 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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Capsule Hotel Simulator
Single-player alternative to Imagine Lifetimes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Imagine Lifetimes.
Atmospheric experience for those wishing to get in a capsule hotel to catch the vibes of cyberpunky low level of life bordering with coziness
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Gravity VR
Single-player alternative to Imagine Lifetimes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Imagine Lifetimes.
Gravity VR is a unique short interactive experience in a surreal world with no ground beneath your feet, where everything is forever falling. You'll meet two old brothers living a surprisingly ordinary life... But nothing lasts forever.
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Closer the Distance
Single-player alternative to Imagine Lifetimes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Imagine Lifetimes.
Closer the Distance is a slice-of-life sim that tells a deeply emotional story about the connections between family and friends in the face of tragedy. Unearth long kept secrets, repair strained relationships, and help your loved ones move on.
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G.O.P.O.T.A 2
Single-player alternative to Imagine Lifetimes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Imagine Lifetimes.
Don't you keep the kid's word?!
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Some Goodbyes We Made
Single-player alternative to Imagine Lifetimes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Imagine Lifetimes.
I have some memories of saying goodbye that I don't want to forget, so I turned them into 11 minigames and backed them up in this collection.
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Everything
Single-player alternative to Imagine Lifetimes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Imagine Lifetimes.
Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.
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The Preposterous Awesomeness of Everything
Single-player alternative to Imagine Lifetimes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Imagine Lifetimes.
The Majority of People navigate progress, politics and preposterous propulsive plans in this satirical point-and-click adventure. Featuring highly debatable democracy, problematic project managers and the belief that Anthony's underdeveloped prefrontal cortex will lead to your salvation!
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G.O.P.O.T.A
Single-player alternative to Imagine Lifetimes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Imagine Lifetimes.
And you're a chubby guy?
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to Imagine Lifetimes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Imagine Lifetimes.
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.