Single-player games like Lab Rat
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Lab Rat, 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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Lightmatter
Single-player alternative to Lab Rat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
A first-person puzzler where shadows kill you. Watch your step or be swallowed by the darkness.
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Slayaway Camp
Single-player alternative to Lab Rat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
A killer puzzle game where you control Skullface, a psycho slasher bent on slaughtering camp counselors at the title campground. Slide an adorable voxel murderer around hundreds of isometric puzzle levels to squash, flay, and decapitate hapless victims in this darkly comic homage to 80s horror.
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Angelo and Deemon: One Hell of a Quest
Single-player alternative to Lab Rat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
Once upon a time, the Grim Reaper chose the wrong door. Angelo – a young lazy bum-a-holic, oh sorry - a blogger, powered only by his blogging skills, must turn on “point-n-click adventure” mode, go around the inferno, meet the locals, and somehow get back home. Enjoy Hell! We made it just for you.
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The Last Cube
Single-player alternative to Lab Rat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Lab Rat — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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Trolley Problem, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Lab Rat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.
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SHUT IN
Single-player alternative to Lab Rat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
SHUT IN is a dark comedy/psychological horror adventure game which explores depression and isolation by trapping you inside your own house. Explore a hostile home, solve puzzles, and withstand sarcasm from a rude and unreliable narrator. Idiot.
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Kine
Single-player alternative to Lab Rat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
A quirky 3D puzzle game about three musicians forming a band and trying to score their breakout hit.
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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to Lab Rat — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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BoxIsland: Sokoban
Single-player alternative to Lab Rat — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lab Rat.
On the enigmatic Box Island, an ancient civilization has left behind puzzle-filled ruins. Players take on the role of a young explorer, yet the island is shrouded in a mystical force - only by pushing boxes can one unravel the island's secrets and escape this challenging labyrinthine world!