Single-player games like EX LIFE
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to EX 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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Project: Another Use — Graftage
Single-player alternative to EX LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with EX LIFE.
GRAFTAGE is a solarpunk hacking game where a bug has turned an office building into a cage. As you hack the corrupted machines through puzzles within their allotted runtimes, you bring the trapped denizens of the office building one step closer to freedom with each win you make against the virus.
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Abyssal Reflections
Single-player alternative to EX LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with EX LIFE.
Abyssal Reflections is short Atmospheric depressing "non-jumpscare" game where you go through a total of 8 different time periods. You'll have to take care of your owners and how you relate to them is up to you.
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Dimensions of Mind
Single-player alternative to EX LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with EX LIFE.
Enter to the characters mind and make decisions. The game is played like interactive movie/adventure game with morality choices which influence the outcome which can be: a manipulative, balanced or violent. The game is based on psychology/philosophy and teaches about thoughts and their consequences.
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Earth Ten Days : 981Hz
Single-player alternative to EX LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with EX LIFE.
On December 22, 2999 AD, the Dutaf man—who had paid a fortune to purchase ownership of Earth from humanity—are about to fully take over the blue planet and begin reverting it to a primordial state.
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Bizarre Mushroom Cycle Simulator
Single-player alternative to EX LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with EX LIFE.
Let's become members of the mushrooms and enjoy life as mushrooms! With the mushrooms, you can watch enchanting fireflies, listen to the sounds of the forest, and experience a life that is unique to mushrooms. Living as a mushroom might not be too bad after all.
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Tianfang Funland
Single-player alternative to EX LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with EX LIFE.
After being stranded in a decaying amusement park, elementary school student Tianyuan and his estranged older brother Tianfang discover that the city they grew up in has been tampered with. Tianfang Funland is a surreal adventure game with retro game visuals that bring players to 2010s Beijing.
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Arclight of City
Single-player alternative to EX LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with EX LIFE.
in the future, the crime rate of the city was high. The increase in the rate of crime had brought huge costs to the prison and the discipline system, and a large number of criminals would commit crimes again not long after they were released.Until someone proposed the "prison city"
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S.E.X. Project: Simulated Emotional Xenotech
Single-player alternative to EX LIFE — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Build emotional connections with synthetic beings in a sci-fi facility where every choice shapes their behavior and your fate.